The Studio

MATERIALS: steel frames, corrugated steel panels to the walls and roofs and concrete slab floors.

PLAN: the two buildings have a rectangular plan and are separated by a courtyard garden.

EXTERIOR: both buildings are of a single storey with flat roofs. Each has an external structure of three, yellow, freestanding 14m clear-span, rigid, welded steel portal frames in standard steel sections braced with diagonal steel tension rods. The flat roofs are covered with plastic-coated corrugated steel, which stiffens the portal frames of the building, covered with insulation, felt and chippings.

The House: the house is accessed from the east, through the car port and across the courtyard. The long east and west elevations are single-glazed units, subdivided with vertical glazed panels in white nylon-coated aluminium frames; each elevation has four, side-hung doors. The shorter north and south elevations are windowless, corrugated steel panels, insulated with plaster board.

The Studio and Car Port: the entrance to the Studio is on the south side, in the car port, between a small store and W.C. External walls are windowless, corrugated steel panels, insulated with plaster board. The roof has a triangular, projecting, steel-framed skylight running from east to west.

INTERIOR: The House: the large living/dining room with a central free-standing stove occupies approximately a third of the floor space and is accessed from the entrance lobby on the east elevation. To the north of the living room is a narrower strip divided between study and guest bedroom, both opening directly onto the living space. Beyond is the service core comprising the kitchen and bathroom with a further two intercommunicating bedrooms. Sliding partitions instead of doors create an open plan feel.

The original colour scheme remains; white-painted plaster boards and purple, full-height sliding doors. The underside of the corrugated steel roof forms the ceiling. Epoxy floors remain in the kitchen and bathroom; these rooms are simply fitted. The original, extendable wall lights remain.

The Studio and Car Port: the Studio space is divided in two by a sliding wooden partition running from north to south. It has fibreboard walls, corrugated steel ceiling and a resin-covered concrete floor.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 November 2023 to correct a typo in the description