Enchanting English Arts and Crafts home in Orendorff Place

For years I have marveled at the wonderful style of a house at 1007 W. Vine. My husband and I argued about whether it was an English Cottage or English Arts and Crafts and we have now come to the conclusion it is English Arts and Crafts.
Here is that wonderful house in question:

The style could almost be called story book, with its's  many high pitched gables. It is built very close to the ground and is anchored by the pillars that  hold up the cozy porch roof.

The simple but complementary trim coming off the gables adds that wonderful arts and crafts touch.

I was unable to find any comparable house in Springfield but since the details reminded me of Voysey architecture,I looked for images of his designs:
"The houses of Voysey and his followers built in the early 1900s for wealthy clients struck a modern look with their low ceilinged rooms, horizontal windows, roofs sweeping almost down to ground level and  rough cast white or pebble dash * walls, although Voysey always saw himself as an architect working firmly within the traditions of English vernacular architecture.."
* This house a rough cast or pebble dash walls in the interior porch area..


Here is a drawing outlining the characteristics you may see in an English Arts and Crafts house (from Arts and Crafts House Styles by Trevor Yorke)

The photo below shows The White House by Dare Bryan after C. F. A. Voysey, Leigh Woods, N. Somerset, 1901

Web Citation: http://tinyurl.com/3rxtdef

The photograph below is of a house in Lake Forest Ill. It is called Ragdale

Photograph from "The Arts and Crafts House" by Adrian Tinniswood

This wonderful English Arts and Crafts house is in England and the photo was found in the  Edwardian House Style Handbook by Hilary Hockman.


So, If your interested in seeing an English Arts and Crafts house, drive by 1007 S. Vine and be enchanted too.