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House & Garden 
The entrance has a commendable 
purity of design. Its proportions 
are enhanced by the fact that 
there are no steps leading up to 
the door. Richardson & Gill 
were the architects 
On the ground floor the rooms 
are admirably proportioned. 
Many features, of course, are not 
applicable to the American home, 
but storage spaces in the service 
wing could, well be adopted 
Americans planning to build country houses often find in modern 
English architecture valuable suggestions for adapting to this 
environment. The residence of E. F. Cecil at Sunningdale, Surrey, 
has all the dignity and comfort of the early Georgian type on which 
it is based. Its simplicity and proportions are a pleasant con¬ 
trast to the “quaintness” of most modern Surrey architecture 
The plan of the bedroom floor affords an opportunity to study 
the difference between British and American methods of placing 
rooms. Only two baths are provided for eight chambers. The 
house-length corridor and the compactness of the stairs are in¬ 
teresting features. An extension houses storerooms and servants’ 
bedrooms. The length of the hall is broken by a glass door 
