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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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lENLLYN HOUSE" represents an excel- lent example of the English villa house, and Messrs. Ewing and Chappell,of New York, who' designed it, have made a very suc- cessful attempt to reproduce the character of its prototype and carry it out in this particular style of architecture. The situa- tion of the house is fortunate, for it has enough ground around it to allow a good scope for the efforts of the land- scape gardener. The estate is not a large one, but all of it is under cultiva- tion. The rear of the building is shown in the illustration, and the covered porch as well as the terrace. over which an awning is hung in sum- mer, faces the south and is so arranged that the view extends over the garden which is planned to be laid out at this part of the prop- erty. The entrance to the house is reached di- rect from the street, with a walk leading to the vestibule. This walk is bor- dered on either side by a hedge which returns near the street line and ex- tends along the boundary of the property. The exterior of the house is covered with a cement gray stucco, while the trimmings are of chestnut and finished with a soft brown stain. The rails are painted white. The roof is covered with shingles and stained a brilliant red. The many-pointed ga- bles and the chimneys with their chimney pots are characteris- tic of its style. A careful study of the plans will convey a better idea of the interior arrangement and it will show the entrance to the house, which is placed quite differently from the entrance to the usual house, for it opens into the side of the living-hall. This great living-hall is trimmed with cy- press. In common with the white richness of the interior decoration, the woodwork is finished in Flemish brown, darkened as with age, bringing out the soft grain of the wood. The walls are in a brown mortar fin- ish, with rough surfaces and are tinted in colors. The hall has a staircase, which cessed in a landing, from the stairs to o n d story unique is re- broad which the sec- ascend. This broad landing is lighted effectively by a great window ex- tending up to the third floor and glazed with leaded
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A gray stucco exterior with brown chestnut trim

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