Lingfield

The plan of this house somewhat resembles “Falke Wood,” its central feature being the dining-hall, with which drawing room and study com bine to make a spacious interior, which thus has a certain unity of effect.

The remainder of the ground floor is taken up by kitchen premises of the usual type.

On the first floor are three bedrooms and dressing-room, as well as bathroom and w.c, while the roof-space contains, besides the servants’ rooms and boxroom, another large bedroom.

The inclusive cost of this house was; I500.

The garden scheme, of which a plan is given, represents a carefully studied arrangement of vista effects, and includes a considerable area of natural heather garden, with silver birches and pines. Prom the front gate there are two main vista lines, one looking down the pergola, and the other along the grass path which leads to the sunk rose garden, and ends in the drawing-room bay, while, in proceeding up the drive, several other cross vistas occur. The circular carriage court is set with formal yews.

From the point of view of the house itself, the two principal bay-windows form the outlook of studied effects From the seat of the bay-window in the dining-hall three vistas spread fan-like through the heather—three narrow brick paths go to meet the curved path which forms the edge of the fan.

From the drawing-room the outlook is immediately on to the little square sunk rose garden, and beyond this along a grass path through a plantation of silver birches and pines carpeted with woodland flowers.