July, 1920 
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The front door is 
reached across a bricked 
pavement and through 
a portico supported by 
rough beams. The wall, 
carried on to meet the 
garage, is broken by a 
service gate 
The library bay window 
looks out on this little 
pool and stretch of 
lawn. The pool’s rim, 
as are the garden paths, 
is made of flagstones 
laid in the turf 
The author of “The Prisoner of Zenda” has chosen Surrey, and the 
house that his architect has designed for him has characteristics of the 
locality, especially the alternating use of brick and tile in the stairs 
tower, the combination of brick, stucco and shingle walls and the 
leaded glass casements set in weathered wooden frames 
The 
HOME of ANTHONY HOPE 
NEAR TADWORTH, SURREY 
L. STANLEY CROSB1E, Architect 
A view of the rear 
shows the library bay 
window and beside it 
the chimney stack with 
its alternate courses of 
brick and tile and oc¬ 
casional shingled levels 
