ANOTHER of the pleasing newer residences on the Ridge is the charming English cottage owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Thiebeault, at 10326 S. Hoyne Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Thiebeault formerly lived in a Dutch Colonial home just across the street, also built by them, and a type that has since found favor with many homebuilders in the community.
The English cottage in the picture above is constructed with dark red face brick with green trim and green and black roof. The approach to the home is enhanced by the boulevard hedge in front and the small evergreens and cement urns on either side of the door. These, of course, present a more striking effect during the growing seasons. The heavy door, set with three slender panes and sunk in a deep arch, adds an artistic feature.
The cottage contains six rooms, bath, and a sun parlor which augments the living room. Entrance is made through a reception hall containing the stairs to the second floor, a small cloak closet, and doors to the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen door is set in the south wall of the hall, which runs east and west, and this arrangement makes it invisible from the entrance.
The living room is gained through a wide rounded arch and extends across the front of the home to the sun parlor on the south exposure. This room has a large brick fire place and casement windows on the street side, set in a bay, which augments the width. The room is done in taupe, with cream ceiling and oak wood trim finished with walnut stain.
Another wide rounded arch separates the living room from its adjacent sun parlor, which is finished in the same brick as that used in the exterior construction. It has casement windows on three sides, east, south and west, and is comfortably equipped with wicker furniture.
The dining room occupies the southwest corner of the lower floor and is gained through French doors in the west wall of the sun parlor. It is done in tones of grey and tan with oatmeal paper for the walls with a cream ceiling. A central light fixture of silver is used in this room, and wall fixtures in the living room.
The kitchen occupies the northwest corner of the lower floor and is conveniently equipped with a large built in cabinet, a paper chute, and a clothes chute. It is finished in ivory with natural birch trim. There is a rear hall just off the kitchen which contains a lavatory, pantry and ice box, and the stairs to the basement.
The upper floor has three large bedrooms and a bath. These rooms are done in light tones with ivory trim and oak doors with walnut finish. Several of the closet doors are faced with full-length mirrors and all of the rooms are equipped with casement windows.
An unusual feature in so small a home is the long corridor on the upper floor which runs parallel to the front, turning at right angles to the west at either end, an arrangement which makes for privacy.
A hot water heating plant is used.
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