. Lutyens houses and gardens . athome in this manner. At Little Thakeham the exteriorrelies for its charm on great mullioned windows and tallgables, while internally the air is Palladian, and one feelsthat Wren had walked that way. It is, indeed, one ofSir Edwins happiest gifts that he can mingle Gothic andclassical motives with such skill that they seem to berightly married. Both those houses, however, are purelycountry homes with wide prospects and spacious the case of Heathcote the conditions were altogetherdifferent. The site is of four acres only and lies be-tween two roads, wh
. Lutyens houses and gardens . athome in this manner. At Little Thakeham the exteriorrelies for its charm on great mullioned windows and tallgables, while internally the air is Palladian, and one feelsthat Wren had walked that way. It is, indeed, one ofSir Edwins happiest gifts that he can mingle Gothic andclassical motives with such skill that they seem to berightly married. Both those houses, however, are purelycountry homes with wide prospects and spacious the case of Heathcote the conditions were altogetherdifferent. The site is of four acres only and lies be-tween two roads, while there are houses on each sideof it. The local materials and traditions of building are not pre-possessing, and there is a tendency in all Yorkshire architec-ture in the direction of dourness. At all stages of develop-ment the rather harsh, unsympathetic nature and colour ofthe local masonry and the practice of laying low-pitched roofswith great slabs of stone, rather than with red tiles, have io6 Lutyens Houses and Gardens. • ■ 1 ■ ■ 1 Heathcote, Ilkley 107
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