Two Houses by Leonard Stokes , F. R. I. B. A. 
Kitchen garden 
HERBACEOVS BORDER 
PRIVET HEDGES 6 FT H/GH 
HERBACEOUS BORDER 
ROSE GARDEN 
HERBA CEOVS BORDER 
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-LIME TREES 
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TENNIS LAWN 
TWO HOUSES DESIGNED BY 
LEONARD STOKES, F. R.I.B. A. 
I T is somewhat remarkable that the excur¬ 
sions of the architect ecclesiastical at the 
behests of the client domestic are not as a rule 
productive of the finest w'ork. Possibly the 
inevitable difference 
between the lines of 
approach to the two sub¬ 
jects, respectively, more 
and less free for imagina¬ 
tive treatment, is the 
principal cause for the 
falling off which is 
apparent in house design 
by church architects. 
There are many examples 
of this, and even notable 
all-round artists, such as 
the late J. D. Sedding, 
are not always happy in 
the dwelling-houses they 
have designed. 
To the domestic work, 
however, which Mr. 
Leonard Stokes has been 
called upon to create, has 
come the same breadth 
of view and good feeling which has so con¬ 
sistently been connected with the ecclesiastical 
and semi-ecclesiastical buildings he has pro¬ 
duced. Of the two buildings under review the 
house at Streatham Park, which displays in a 
measure less originality for originality’s sake 
PLAN■ OF THEHOVSE & GARDEN AT- WEST DRIVE S-W- 
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