March, 1917 
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Although the materials of construction offer no unusual features, distinction 
is given hy the method of handling them. The exterior walls are finished in 
grey stucco and the roof shingling is carried out in a manner to simulate the 
rounded and softened lines of ancient thatch. The massing of the house, the 
grouping of the windows and the relation of the house to the land are reminis¬ 
cent of the English work, of Bailie Scott 
Throughout the house 
the woodwork is 
rough hewn, hand- 
adzed oak timber. 
The doors were made 
in the house. They 
are batten, held to¬ 
gether with iron 
bolts. The strap 
hinges and latches 
were hammered out 
by a country black¬ 
smith. Through this 
door one passes to 
the guest chamber — 
the room with the 
blessed Damosel win¬ 
dow shown opposite 
The wide overhang¬ 
ing eaves, shingled 
to simulate thatch, 
cast deep shadoivs 
over the rough 
plastered walls. 
Leaded casement 
windows have been 
used throtighout. The 
two combine to es¬ 
tablish the character 
of the house, which 
is crystalized in this 
entrance porch deep 
in shadows beneath 
the Tudor arch 
