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Vernon Avenue
Oxford, Oxfordshire
£1,950,000
Freehold
Architect: Martin Sylvester
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“Where home life and work meet good design, a 1960s house commissioned for Churchill's biographer”
This fine example of modern movement architecture was designed by the architect Martin Sylvester in 1969 and is surrounded by over an acre of beautifully wooded gardens two miles west of Oxford’s city centre. Commissioned by the distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert, the six/seven-bedroom home was cleverly conceived to suit both modern living and work life, with a series of free-flowing living spaces extending to over 3,720 sq ft across two beautifully light storeys. The interior is full of original features, with masses of glazing framing a canopy of trees and elevated views across Oxford and the Chiltern Hills.
History
Sylvester’s brief for this house was clear – design a house for a busy research historian and writer which functions well as a family home and as a busy office and requires only minimal maintenance. The working quarters were to be separate but at the same time not too far distant from the ordinary life of the family. The house featured in the Architect’s Journal and Sir Martin was photographed at work on Churchill’s biography in the spacious study.
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