House Adjacent to West Boundary of Whipsnade Zoo to East of B4506, About 0.25 Kilometres to North of Dagnall
HOUSE ADJACENT TO WEST BOUNDARY OF WHIPSNADE ZOO TO EAST OF B4506, ABOUT 0.25 KILOMETRES TO NORTH OF DAGNALL, B 4506
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1300803
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- House Adjacent to West Boundary of Whipsnade Zoo to East of B4506, About 0.25 Kilometres to North of Dagnall
- Statutory Address:
- HOUSE ADJACENT TO WEST BOUNDARY OF WHIPSNADE ZOO TO EAST OF B4506, ABOUT 0.25 KILOMETRES TO NORTH OF DAGNALL, B 4506
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1300803
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- House Adjacent to West Boundary of Whipsnade Zoo to East of B4506, About 0.25 Kilometres to North of Dagnall
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOUSE ADJACENT TO WEST BOUNDARY OF WHIPSNADE ZOO TO EAST OF B4506, ABOUT 0.25 KILOMETRES TO NORTH OF DAGNALL, B 4506
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HOUSE ADJACENT TO WEST BOUNDARY OF WHIPSNADE ZOO TO EAST OF B4506, ABOUT 0.25 KILOMETRES TO NORTH OF DAGNALL, B 4506
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Edlesborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 99714 16887
Details
The following building shall be added:
SP 91 NE EDLESBOROUGH B 4506 (east side) (DAGNALL)
5/80 House adjacent to west Boundary of Whipsnade Zoo to east of B4506, about 0.25 km to north of Dagnall
II*
Substantial detached house. 1933-6. Designed by Lubetkin and Tecton for Berthold Lubetkin's own use. Reinforced concrete. Flat roof. 1 storey. International Modern Idiom. Irregular 'T' shaped plan with 4-bay living room in south wing, facing west, bedrooms and bathroom in east wing and kitchen in shorter north wing. Entrance hall and dining hall to centre. Open terrace to west of dining room and kitchen, enclosed by 4 bay open concrete framework of 4 horizontal lights per bay the inner 2 bays of this projects outwards ;this runs into a further open terrace to north and east of kitchen; this has a solid wall of full height which forms semi-circular curve to east of kitchen, enclosing a semi-circular pond and circular flower bed; this wall is broken by a large aperture with projecting solid fronted concrete balcony to north of kitchen. (Here, horizontal beams form pergola over terrace). 4-bay living room elevation (to west side) with 4 horizontal lights per bay, separated by concrete mullions and transoms; the central 2 lights to each bay are glazed while the upper and lower lights are now glazed with plywood (formerly with insulated glass) Steel framed windows. South elevation has blind wall of projecting living room to left and 6 bay wing to right, the outer bays to either side recessed to form loggias, while the inner bays are glazed in the same manner as the living room. The north and east walls are largely blind. To centre of house the curved screen which separates dining room from hallprojects above the roofline. All elevations are raised slightly above the ground, cantilevered out over the foundations. Interior not inspected. An important house by a major architect, built for his own use. Lubetkin and Tecton, P Coe and M Reading, pp 117-19; Architectural Review, vol. 81, 1937, pp 60-64
Listing NGR: SP9971416887
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 350314
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Coe, P, Reading, M, Lubetkin and Tecton Architecture and Social Commitment, (1981), 117-119
Architectural Review in November, Vol. 81, (1937), 60-64
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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