“The Moss,” Great Warford, Alderley Edge Cheshire

RECENT DESIGNS IN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE. - A House at Warford, Cheshire, designed for Mr. Ernest Agnew by Mr. Percy Worthington, is the subject of our first illustrations this month, and its general character is evident from these. The hall being the centre of life in the house, is free from all use as a service way, the passage from the servants' quarters to the door being quite independent of it, and, as a matter of comfort, the staircase is placed in a small stair-case hall off it. The living rooms get the sun all day, and a harmony of colour has been got in stone, small bricks, and unstained oak. The gardens lie south and east, with a forecourt formed by yew hedge to the west, and a formal terrace- garden on the east side, enclosed on two sides by the house. The long window seen over the hall is a gallery on the chamber-floor. The woodwork throughout is wainscot oak, and the fireplace and walls of the large hall are of Bath stone, the latter panelled to a height of eight feet with oak. [Studio 1908 page 117-118].

Reference    RIBA Journal 14 August 1939 page 950-952
Reference    Studio 1908 page 117-118