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Ian Nairn comments: "Tigbourne leaves the visitor uncertain whether simply to be profoundly thankful for what is there, or to regret that
Lutyens never afterwards came up to this level." Clive Aslet writes: "The confident geometry of Tigbourne Court… makes it look bigger than it actually is. In fact,
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The west end of each wing is crowned by a pair of tall, brick chimneys and the curves of the frontage are accentuated by bands of tiles in the walls. O'Brien, Nairn and Cherry write: "…although the front is completely symmetrical, it never seems so because the eye is led away completely by the play
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Tigbourne
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Lawrence Weaver notes is inconveniently sited for the dining room on the other side of the ground floor. There are seven bedrooms on the first floor, with more in the attic.
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fireplace. The dining room, on the eastern side, is adjacent to a
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McNay, Michael (18 November 1981). "Suburban guerrilla".
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