Looking from the front door at night ► through the entrance hall and the living room on to the verandah.
are a study, living room and dining room. backed again by entrance hall. guest lavatory and cloakroom.
The sleeping area is contained in the righthand tine of the arrow head and includes three bedrooms. two bathrooms and a large store room. all opening from a corridor that runs from the hall. Large wardrobes are built into each bedroom.
In the lefthand tine of the Vis the service area, which consists of pantry, opening on to the dining room, kitchen, three large rooms for domestic staff. large covered utility and laundry space which is separated from the kitchen by only a waisthigh wall. and a large yard for drying laundry. This yard is backed by the rear wall of the car port and de- limited by a louvred wall which continues as the side wall of the car port and on to contain the lawn and drive to the main door and car port.
Passage from one area to another is always by way of the hall to the rear of the living room. so that movement gives the minimum dis- turbance to other people in the house.
The house is planned to take the fullest advantage of the prevailing winds and to reduce the effect of the sun during the hottest hours. As it faces north-east, the morning sun is off the living portion floor by 9.30 a.m. at the latest. In the evening the sun is on the rear of the bungalow and hits only the service corridors.
During the warmer months the verandah is the favoured portion of the living area. Through its six arches. the centre arch with 17 foor
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Another view from the north-west showing, on left, the sleeping wing and the verandah behind which is the living portion of the house opening on it.
▲ Big Wave Bay seen through one of the smaller arches of the verandah.