Description

BRISTOL

ST5778 THE RIDGEWAY, Westbury On Trym 901-1/22/2080 (North side) 03/06/76 No.4 The Concrete House

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House. 1935. By Connell, Ward and Lucas. Reinforced concrete with a flat roof. Axial double-depth plan. International style. 2 storeys and penthouse; 3-window range. Wide windows with steel frames and plate glass, separated by thin mullions, wrap round the left-hand corner; first-floor windows to the right set back to form a balcony with slender columns and a parapet above; a curved, flat porch roof on piloti to the doorway in left-hand entrance, below a full-height glazed stair bay to the penthouse; railings to the balcony and flat roof. INTERIOR: lateral passage, with original light fittings and door furniture, built-in cupboards, radio speakers, and curved flue in living room; glazed left-hand stair tower over the entrance; rear right-hand kitchen with service bells. HISTORICAL NOTE: a rare and significant early Modernist house, largely in its original condition and with garden. The first house in Britain constructed according to Le Corbusier's Dom-ino system. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 421; Gould J: Modern Homes of Britain: 1977-; Knobel L: Faber Guide to Twentieth Century Architecture: London: 1985-: 160).

Listing NGR: ST5721678411

External Links

• Wikidata Q26498223

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