Lutyens houses and gardens (1921) (14783761113)

Identifier: lutyenshousesga00weav (find matches)
Title: Lutyens houses and gardens
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Weaver, Lawrence, 1876-1930
Subjects: Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869-1944 Architecture, Domestic Gardens
Publisher: London, Offices of "Country life", ltd. (etc.) New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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he name of the house, which comes, however, from an earlierowner of the estate, is therefore appropriate. The type isnot original, for Norman Shaw employed it when he remod-elled Chesters. Sir Edwin, however, has used the air withvariations of his own, the most notable of which is the roundBasin Court on the west side (Fig. 55). This court has twopractical merits, as well as its architectural charm. Itserves to connect the main part of the house with thekitchen offices, which form a projecting block at the north-west corner, and it provides a dignified interlude between theentrance lobby and the vestibule, through which access isgiven to the sitting hall. It is of one storey only, and themiddle of the court is open to the air, and forms an outdoorplayroom. The problems presented by a butterfly plan aremany, because the diagonal placing of the important roomscreates a number of angular spaces between them and thecentral block. The absorbing of these, without making the Papillon Hall 11
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78 Papillon Hall rooms themselves of an odd shape, requires considerableingenuity—a quality which is not sought in vain at PapillonHall. A very delightful feature of butterfly or sun-trapplans is the partly enclosed garden spaces which are formedby the wings. On the south front this area has been filledwith paved work and a shaped pool, which appear in Fig.56. A dolphin serves as fountain and is poised on a pipewhich leads the water to its mouth. The pool is pleasantwith broad-leaved water plants.