Six Pillars House

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Six Pillars
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Six Pillars in 2014
Six Pillars House
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHouse
Architectural style Modernist
ClassificationGrade II*
Location Sydenham, London Borough of Southwark
Town or cityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51°26′00″N0°04′21″W / 51.4332°N 0.0724°W / 51.4332; -0.0724 Coordinates: 51°26′00″N0°04′21″W / 51.4332°N 0.0724°W / 51.4332; -0.0724
Construction started1932
Technical details
Material London stock brick

Six Pillars is a Grade II* listed building in Sydenham in the London Borough of Southwark. The house was built in the 1930s in the modernist style.

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History

Six Pillars is in Sydenham in the London Borough of Southwark, opposite Dulwich Wood. [1] It is the only modernist house in its street as the other houses are more ordinary townhouses or Victorian villas. [1] Six Pillars was built by architect Valentine Harding, who was working for Tecton Group. [2] [3] The company also built Highpoint I and the penguin enclosure at London Zoo, both of which are listed Grade I. [4] It is one of four houses built by Harding, who died at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. [4] It was built in the style of Villa Savoye, built by Le Corbusier, [5] and contains "glascrete" (concrete containing glass) to maximise the amount of sunlight in the house. [4]

The house was built between 1932 and 1934 for John Leakey, headmaster of Dulwich College Preparatory School, and his wife. [6] It was built of London stock brick in a minimalist style so that it did not stand out from the Victorian era houses. [3] [6] The house was also set back from the road. [4] The house, when built, contained four bathrooms, two bedrooms, three reception rooms, a study, and two maid's quarters. [4] The ground floor of the house is divided by six cylindrical pillars, which gives the house its name. [6] [7] The entrance hall spans two floors and contains a sculpted staircase. [3] The rear of the house contains strip windows, built in the same style as Highpoint I, [3] and there is a first-floor glass balcony. [4] The house covers an area of 3,000 square feet (280 m2). [1]

In 1981, Six Pillars became a Grade II* listed building. [2] In 1989, it was put on the market for £365,000. [5] The house featured in the 1992 book Lubetkin & Tecton: An Architectural Study. [1] In 1998, it was bought by Roger Trapp, who commissioned John Winter to undertake a restoration. [1] Six Pillars House was put up for sale in 2012 with a guide price of £1,675,000. [2]

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