House in Cashio Lane Letchworth Hertfordshire

The house at Letchworth (in Cashio Lane), illustrated, was built upon a site which dictated a very special plan. The client wished to have a window in the living room looking west, out on the road which passed the house. The finest view was out east, but on the north was an orchard into which it seemed a pity not to obtain a peep from the living room. This room had necessarily also to have windows on the south. To gain all these advantages with reasonable compactness of plan was the problem. To do this the living room had to be on the east side of the house, and to be thrown out enough to get north and south windows, and the west window had to be contrived between the other rooms and overlooking the porch.

Reference    The Craftsman  Volume XX Number 2, May 1911 pages 179-191. Barry Parker Modern country homes in England: number thirteen
Illustration    House in Cashio Lane:  Ground floor; Bedroom plan.  No 13 p180.
Illustration    House in Cashio Lane:  West elevation; p184
Illustration    House in Cashio Lane:  Living room, with dining recess and entrance, p184:
Illustration    House in Cashio Lane:  Two views of the living room p185