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View of house from North. Digital image of B 74289 CN.
SC 716122
Description View of house from North. Digital image of B 74289 CN.
Date 29/7/1992
Catalogue Number SC 716122
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 74289 CN
Scope and Content Bernat Klein House from the north, High Sunderland, Scottish Borders High Sunderland was built 1956-7 for the textile designer and artist Bernat Klein (b.1922) to designs by the Yorkshire-born architect Peter Womersley (1923-93). The architect also designed a studio for Klein which was built in 1972. The house is built using frames measuring 2.43m by 2.43m, and features two separate areas: one for guests and children's bedrooms; and one for the master bedroom and main living area. The house also includes a carport, two terraces and a courtyard. This shows the house on its grassy hilltop site. It is a long, low, horizontal building, composed of square frames of timber, glass and wood with a drive-in carport to the right. The large plate glass windows are further divided by horizontal boards and coloured 'Vitroslab' or 'Plyglass' panels in dark green, yellow, buff and coffee, creating a patterned effect. This house is an important survival of a Modern 1950s house, custom built for a creative client, and furnished with textiles designed by Klein, and furniture chosen in part by the architect. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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