Victorian Italianate house, wrap-around porches, architectural floor plans

Description

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Merriman-Wynne House - ca. 1858
In the late 1840s, when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decided to build themselves a country house, they found the perfect spot on the Isle of Wight and commissioned Thomas Cubitt to design and build a classic villa in the Italianate Style. This set off a huge fashion for the Italianate across the UK and the USA. Suddenly roof slopes were reduced, porches started spreading and square shaped towers sprouted everywhere. The Merriman-Wynne house charmingly wears the clothing of the Italianate Style, lacking only a tower. It is particularly generous with its porches and has many intriguing woodwork details throughout. Sadly, the house was demolished in 1967, but maybe somewhere out there someone will see these beautiful photos and drawings and be inspired to build a new home modeled after it.
As a work of art these prints are worth purchasing in their own right. For those of you interested in building a historically inspired house, these plans offer an excellent starting point. Stepping up onto the generous front porch you pass into an entry that stretches clear through the house to the equally generous back porch. A lovingly detailed stair rises up on the right. Behind the stairs lies a study with a generous bay window alcove. On the left are a series of room, Living, Dining, Kitchen, Bath and Bedroom. The details of these arrangements could easily be altered to accommodate personal requirements. For instance the locations of the bedroom and kitchen could be swapped. The upper floor comprises 2 bedrooms and a bath. A spiral staircase leads up to the widow's walk on the roof of the house. Imagine the views from up there! This house would be comfortable in a suburban or country setting. The house has outside dimensions of approximately 67' x 67', including porches.
Building name:      Merriman-Wynne House
Designer/Architect:      Unknown
Date of construction:      ca. 1858
Location:      Raleigh, North Carolina
Style:      Italianate Victorian Style Home
Number of sheets:      9 sheets measuring 18" x 24"
Sheet List
Cover Sheet
First Floor Plan, 3/16"=1'-0"
Second Floor Plan, 3/16"=1'-0"
Roof Plan, Cornice Detail
4 sheets Elevations & Details, various scales
Section, Details, various scales
The prints you are purchasing are crisp, high resolution black line copies on white bond paper. The original drawings were beautifully delineated by the Historic American Building Survey. They are undated. Photos shown in the description are NOT included in your purchase. This listing is for architectural drawings only.
If this home appeals to you, you may also find the
Tower Grove House
drawings to be of interest.
SHIPPING: Your drawings are shipped to you, by US Postal Service, rolled, not folded, in a Priority Mail tube.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD: These plans are NOT complete architectural drawings as might be required by your local permitting agency and do not contain all the structural, waterproofing and other details and information necessary for construction. But your local builder or architect should be able to adapt these drawings and add to them as necessary. What they do provide is accurate design information about a REAL Italianate Victorian Style home, not a pseudo-Victorian tract house as you will find in the house plan magazines on your supermarket shelf.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Orders shipped to addresses outside the USA may be subject to customs duties at their destination. The buyer is responsible for any such duties.
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