Clos du Dan
Varengeville
Seine-Maritime, France
Le Clos du Dan was a proposed 1905 scheme by Lutyens to alter and enlarge a farmhouse opposite Le Bois des Moutiers as a home for Guillaume Mallet’s daughter Pascaline, but it was abandoned when he instead persuaded Mallet to build the new house Les Communes.
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Description
Very little is known about this project. According to Robert Mallet (January 1994), however, Le Clos du Dan is a farmhouse opposite the main entrance to Le Bois des Moutiers. In 1905 Guillaume proposed to alter and enlarge it as a residence for his daughter Pascaline and asked Lutyens to propose a scheme. Nothing came of it and later Lutyens persuaded him to build a completely new house – Les Communes. (Richardson, 1994, p.56)
Bibliography
Richardson, M. (1994) Sketches by Edwin Lutyens: Drawings from the Collection of Royal INsistute of British Architects (RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 1). London: Wiley.,