A Butterfly plan, also known as a Double Suntrap plan, is a type of architectural plan in which two or more wings of a house are constructed at an angle to the core, usually at approximately 45 degrees to the wall of the core building.
History
Westwood House, Worcestershire, was a 17-century precursor.
After the original, rectangular house was begun c. 1612, four diagonal wings were added at some time later in the same century.
Victorian interest in the plan originated in the 1891 remodelling of Chesters, Northumberland, by Norman Shaw.[ To the original, square house of 1771 he added five wings; three of these were diagonal, creating suntrap flanks for the south and west fronts.]
The principle of the butterfly plan was also re-adapted within an overall rectangular overall form, as for instance in Kallio Library in Helsinki, Finland, by architect Karl Hård af Segerstad, completed in 1902.
Notable Arts and Crafts examples:
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The Barn, Exmouth, Devon, by Edward Schroeder Prior (1897)
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Happisburgh Manor, Happisburgh, Norfolk, by Detmar Blow to a concept by Ernest Gimson (1900)
[Drury, Michael (2000), Wandering Architects: In Pursuit of the Arts and Crafts Ideal, Shaun Tyas. ]
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Papillon Hall, Lubenham, Leicestershire,. David Papillon (1581-1659) a French Huguenots and Military architect built it in 1620.
[Cantor, Leonard (1998), Historic Country Houses in Leicestershire and Rutland. Kairos Press. ]
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Home Place, Kelling, Norfolk, by Edward Schroeder Prior (1903–4)
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Kelling Hall, Kelling, Norfolk, by Edward Maufe (1913)
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Yaffle Hill, Broadstone, Dorset, by Edward Maufe (1930)
Gallery
Droitwich westwood house.jpg|Westwood House
Thebarnexmouth.jpg|The Barn
Voewood 21.JPG|Home Place
Kelling Hall 30th August 2008.JPG|Kelling Hall
Kallion kirjasto.jpg|Kallio Library, Helsinki
