Victorian architects of the late nineteenth century had a remarkably nonchalant attitude when it came to exuberant combinations of architectural images. Seemingly, Heer had several premises that he wished to try out in the H. L. Stout house. The first was to create a contrast between the solidity of masonry and the fragility and lightness of wood. The
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