The book of the exhibition of houses and cottages, Romford garden suburb, Gidea Park (1911)
Romford (London, England). Gidea Park · London : published for the Exhibition Committee · leaf 80
THIS group of houses has been de-signed as a whole, in order to producethe effect of a symmetrical composition,with centre and wings, the two centralhouses being set slightly forward. The general design is an attempt togive practical expression to the theoriesof the suburb house advanced byProf… … ~2 of brick for angle quoins, etc. The roofs are covered with grey-green slates, and the main corniceand porch pediments are painted white and the rest of the woodwork green. The effect obtained is quiet and pleasing, and recalls pleasant memories of the smaller Georgianhouses, of which many fine…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Suburban homes
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