The White House

The White House, in the general arrangement of its plan, may be compared with Bexton Croft,” It presents the same arrangement of the three sitting-rooms connected with a passage at the back, and combining to form a spacious interior effect.

The importance of the outlook towards the south-west, however, led to the corner bay-window there, and the placing of the kitchens in a return wing instead of as an extension of the south front.

The general character of the house also became changed in response to local influences. Occupying an exposed position on the Clyde, not far from the birthplace of that modern revival known as the Glasgow School, and designed for a client who already possessed some of Mr. E. A. Walton’s beautiful furniture, without any conscious effort the conception of the house seemed to be modelled by these factors to a greater severity in its external lines and to a general character throughout which suggests little of the old-world houses.