374 AMERICAN HOMES "ANDVGA RDEMS June, 1906 
the hall extends to the right and left, forming a 
corridor at the terrace end of the house. On the 
right are the stairs, to the left is the chimney piece 
with a carved wood hood. The windows and 
doors of this corridor open onto a porch which 
directly overlooks the terrace. ‘The dining-room 
is of moderate size, papered with English paper, 
with a charmingly combined effect of light green, 
red, drab and other colors. The furniture is of 
black walnut. Most of the windows throughout 
the house have summer curtains of Swiss muslin. 
On the left of the hall is the drawing-room. The 
woodwork is white and the walls green. ‘The 
plaster ceiling is divided into three panels with 
pendants and ribs arranged in patterns of simple 
curves. The mantel is of marble. The furniture is 
green and gold. The room contains a built-in cabi- 
net, together with several separate cabinets and 
many handsome ornaments. 
The billiard-room is further on and is entered 
Just without the Porch is a Tripod-Like Vase through a separate corridor on the terrace front. 
It is not only a room of distinctive charm, but is 
building with the older parts. Beyond it, quite far along to thoroughly original and individual. The doorway is a 
the right, in the center of the new wing, is a two-story pro- pointed arch, and with its great hinges of wrought iron 
jection, also of stone, with round arched porch 
below and a shallow bay window above. 
This arrangement may surely be taken as one 
of Mr. Eyre’s happy balances, whereby two wholly 
different features occupying corresponding situa- 
tions are made to equalize each other by the sheer 
audacity of their difference. ‘The long sloping roof 
of the porch between the larger of these extensions 
and the half-timbered structure already referred 
to, while the simplest in form is nevertheless a very 
useful expedient in joining the old and the new 
parts of the building together, and at the same 
time introduces a roof of considerable extent which 
harmonizes with the larger roofs of the main build- 
ing above. While no indication of purpose is 
given on the exterior, it will be well to point out 
that the lower buildings on the left of the terrace 
front are devoted to the kitchen and service of a — 
the house. ‘The entrance hall, which is entered im- A Group of Trees and Shrubs 
mediately from the porte cochére marks the in- 
ternal division between the old parts and the new. On the approximates a church door. Inside the room is surrounded 
right is the old, on the left is the new. At the further end with a high dark wood paneling, extending almost to the 
ceiling and decorated with Tudor arches. Above 
are colored hunting prints in frames, placed so 
closely as to have the character of a frieze. Over 
the doorway is a heraldic device in a square frame, 
with swords, sabers, spear heads and other weapons 
on the adjoining wall. At the further end is a 
great ingle nook, wholly occupying the outer wall. 
It is built of brick, with brick walls at the sides 
and back, and faced with a brick arch inclosed, on 
its outer face, within a frame of wood. In the 
center is a fireplace with a simple shelf above it 
supported on small carved stone brackets. On 
either side is a small window, and on each side 
of the hearth is a short wooden seat. The bricks 
here are frankly left bare and are practically de- 
void of ornament except the supports to the shelf 
over the fireplace. ‘The floor of the ingle nook, 
which is slightly raised above the floor of the 
room, is laid with brick. The room is crowded 
with furniture and other objects of interest. The 
billiard table stands just within the door; beyond is 
a square space formed by luxurious couches, and 
beyond is the ingle nook. ‘Two bookcases have 
The Lawns are Thickly Bordered with Shrubs and Trees their tops thronged with silver polo trophies. The 
