Weaver, Lawrence, 1876-1930 · London, Offices of "Country life", ltd. [etc.]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 110
ine its more splendid rooms, andNew Place is the result. The task was no light one—todevise a shell worthy-of so fine a kernel, while yet avoidingmere imitation, but the problem was admirably solved.I am not here concerned with the imported glories of JohnLangtons home, but with their enclosing… … H55 O 05fH W uv. < 05H% w Q w QW asc/) wo < PL, 5S 104 English Brick-building ceilings and panelled walls and carved fireplaces of the oldrooms, and wisely so. Everywhere at New Place, save inthe old work, there is a simplicity of treatment almostmonastic in its severity : the brick mullions…
