SIX PILLARS HOUSE FOR SALE

Crescent Wood Road, Sydenham, London, SE26

£1,675,000 Freehold

Six Pillars is widely regarded as one of the most important and successful examples of residential architecture of the Modern Movement in Britain. It was designed in 1932 and built in 1934 as the residence of Jack Leakey and his wife, while Leakey was headmaster of the nearby Dulwich College Preparatory School.

The design of the house was the work of Valentine Harding and Tecton, a London-based architectural practice led by Berthold Lubetkin. Lubetkin was a Russian émigré who is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the swooping concrete curves of London Zoo’s much-loved penguin pool. Lubetkin’s Highpoint apartment blocks in Highgate are also something of a London landmark.

Internal accommodation measures more than 3,000 sq ft, including six bedrooms.

 

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Photos: The Modern House

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