Chelwood Manor 
THE PLAN OF THE DOWER-HOUSE, CHELWOOD MANOR 
A. N. Prentice, F.R.I.B.A., Architect 
and convenience retained to the fullest extent. 
As to the exterior, where stone is used, it 
is the local limestone laid in small courses 
and not too finely dressed. The bricks also 
are small, two inches in thickness, and are laid 
with a wide mortar joint to mitigate, as this 
does to a great extent, the extreme redness of 
new brickwork. The oak, which it need hard¬ 
ly be said is genuinely constructional and not 
mere face work, is left just as it came from the 
tool and not artificially treated in any way. 
Red tiles cover the roof. The timber treat¬ 
ment predominates again within the house, 
with oak construction undisguised, and this 
character of honest and logical building comes 
into evidence once more in the simply- 
designed arched fireplaces of brick and stone. 
The gardens are being laid out from the 
design of Mr. T. H. M awson, who is also 
concerned with the planting of the surround¬ 
ing park, for the land previous to the com¬ 
mencement of building operations was merely 
agricultural land with little or no existing 
timber. 
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