Name: High and Over
Date: 1929
Architect: Amyas Connell
Borough: Buckinghamshire
Listing: Grade II*
Notes: Described by Sir John Betjeman as “the first modern house in England”, this Amersham home was built in 1929 for Professor Bernard Ashmole by Amyas Connell. Built in a Y shape on a hill overlooking Amersham, its completion caused something of a sensation in the contemporary media. Inside, the crisp white of the exterior was replaced with a more colourful, art deco-style palette. A fountain was the centrepiece of the house, with further decoration in coloured glass, steel and chrome strips. The house was part of a larger plan incorporating landscaped gardens with a swimming pool, a gardeners lodge, an electrical transformer and a water tower, much of which was later sold off and built over.
See Also- Connell Ward & Lucas, Anatomy of a House No.1, Betjeman's Metro-Land
Date: 1929
Architect: Amyas Connell
Borough: Buckinghamshire
Listing: Grade II*
Notes: Described by Sir John Betjeman as “the first modern house in England”, this Amersham home was built in 1929 for Professor Bernard Ashmole by Amyas Connell. Built in a Y shape on a hill overlooking Amersham, its completion caused something of a sensation in the contemporary media. Inside, the crisp white of the exterior was replaced with a more colourful, art deco-style palette. A fountain was the centrepiece of the house, with further decoration in coloured glass, steel and chrome strips. The house was part of a larger plan incorporating landscaped gardens with a swimming pool, a gardeners lodge, an electrical transformer and a water tower, much of which was later sold off and built over.
See Also- Connell Ward & Lucas, Anatomy of a House No.1, Betjeman's Metro-Land