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Leslynn
Court was designed in 1928 by the acclaimed Philadelphia Architect Wilson
Eyre associated with the firm of Wilson Eyre and McIlvaine. The project
included a thorough renovation of the house, concentrating on transforming
the modest scale and small rooms of the northern service wing portion of
the house into more generous spaces integrated into the main sequence of
the home.
An exterior porch between the garage and the service wing was removed and
replaced by a three-storey brick structure to expand the house. The townhouse-like
addition of brick punctuated by hand carved tudor-boards infilled with brick
"nogging" takes its form from both the crenelated main entry tower
and other details of the house by elaborating on Eyre's vocabulary of robust
brick and stone details. The addition includes two stairs linked by an open
bridge that spans to a new double height Breakfast Room and adjacent Kitchen. |
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new Family Room created by combining former servant's pantry and food preparations
areas is given a larger scale with enlarged windows and a higher ceiling
by lowering the floor three steps into the basement.
A sequence of outdoor spaces surrounded by stone walls extends the view
from the Breakfast Room past a sunken pool and culminates in a two-storey
pavilion. The new Poolhouse, with a Kitchen on the lower level and a changing
room above, is capped by a hipped roof the same rustic clay tile of the
main house.
Projects Credits:
Interior Design: Bennett & Judie Weinstock
Interiors
Structural Engineer: Bevan E. Lawson, P.E. |
