Kerfield House, Knutsford, Cheshire

The work at this house was carried out for Mr Sidney Goldschmidt, from the designs of Mr. Percy Scott Worthington FRIBA. An existing house was gutted and re-arranged internally, and faced externally with Ruabon bricks having a "dragged" face. The old house, which was altogether lacking in architectural distinction, was built of white brick, with a Welsh-slated roof.  Recesses were filled up, and excrescences were cut off, windows and doors were re-spaced, and the roof was hidden, as far as possible, by a parapet. The hall and staircase take the place of a number of miscellaneous small rooms and the old staircase. The dining-room was remodelled, but not altered in size; the morning-room was panelled in oak, and a circular window added; the drawing-room, with bedrooms above, is entirely new, and plastered with cement panels; the kitchens, lavatories, etc, were re-arranged and re-modelled; the panelling and floors are of English oak. Messrs Gerrard and Sons, of Swinton, were the contractors; the decorations, plaster-work, panelling, floors, heating, and hot-water and electric lighting being executed by Messrs. Cockayne's, of Sheffield; and the modelling and carving was carried out by Mr. Miller, of the firm of Earp, Hobbs & Miller, of Manchester. [Recent English Domestic Architecture 1912, page 40]

KERFIELD HOUSE is a reconstruction of an old house altogether lacking in architectural distinction. Under the direction of Mr Percy Scott Worthington it was entirely rearranged inside, and faced externally with Ruabon bricks having a "dragged" face. Recesses were filled up, excrescences cut off, while the roof was hidden as much as possible by a parapet. The main entrance comes in the centre of the facade. [Architectural Review Jan-June 1922 page 189]

Reference    Architectural Review special issue: Recent English Domestic Architecture 1912. Mervyn E Macartney, Editor. Page 40-44 with plan and illustrations
Reference    Architectural Review Jan-June 1922 page 189 with illustration -detail of entrance