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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



architectural forms, and the 

 materials and style are ad- 

 mirably adapted to the pic- 

 turesque landscape in which 

 the house is situated. Ram- 

 pant lions on columns on 

 either side of the main 

 doorway are both orna- 

 mental in themselves and 

 sufficiently dignify the chief 

 entrance. 



Toward the sea the 

 house presents an ensemble 

 of half-timbered gables, 

 deeply sloping roofs, mas- 

 sive chimneys and retreat- 

 ing and projected masses; 

 harmoniously combined, it 

 is true, but offering that 

 varied quality of form and 

 outline which is properly in 

 keeping with the natural 

 scenery in which it is placed. 

 The sea front is, in truth, 

 a clever adaptation of the 

 regular to irregular effects. 

 The salient features of the 

 house plan stand out in the 

 two projections whose 

 gable ends form the distin- 

 guishing characteristics of 

 this front. One of these 

 gables is broken by a 

 chimney whose massive base 



"The Rocks" — The Staircase 



rises in strongly cut recess- 

 ings until a tall group of 

 chimney stacks cleaves one 

 side of the gable just below 

 its apex. It is a daring de- 

 vice, because while the 

 chimney begins fairly in the 

 center at the lower floor, it 

 ends at its top quite mark- 

 edly to one side. This 

 means an irregularity in de- 

 sign which if it had not a 

 merit of suitable adjustment 

 to the interior might very 

 well be put down to a vag- 

 ary of the designer. As a 

 matter of fact it gives a 

 great chimney-piece in the 

 center of the first-story 

 room ; in the second story 

 the chimney is developed 

 somewhat to one side, so 

 that the end has two win- 

 dows on one side of the 

 chimney and one on the 

 other; in the gable the 

 chimney passes wholly be- 

 yond the recessed balcony 

 and window, which forms 

 the feature of the gable, 

 manifesting very clearly 

 the subordination of the 

 fireplace to the admission of 

 light and air to the rooms. 



The Rocks " — A Chamber 



