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View from South-East. Digital image of B 74287 CN.

SC 716123

Description View from South-East. Digital image of B 74287 CN.

Date 29/7/1992

Catalogue Number SC 716123

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 74287 CN

Scope and Content Bernat Klein House from the south-east, 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 in its dramatic position on a hillside in wooded grounds. The house is constructed from a series of square frames, some filled with large picture windows, and others with timber panelling. The frame is painted white, which emphasises the structure's low, horizontal composition. The architect Peter Womersley was chosen for this project after Klein had seen a Modern house built for the architect's brother in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. The design features rooms and exterior spaces contained within a rectangular framework of panels and beams, focusing upon a central kitchen area. Womersley also helped to select furniture for the house. 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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