Calderstone House

Morris and Steedman Architects, 1964; small number of later alterations. Single-storey with 2-storey studio section, roughly-octagonal modern-movement house incorporating pottery studio. 2-storey studio wing with steeply sloping monopitch roof rises above rest of house to left of recessed entrance, creating entrance courtyard; 6 other irregular wedge-shaped rooms open off central octagonal hall, united under black pantiled polygonal roof that rises to central point above hall. White-painted cement render over load-bearing brick cavity walls; grey brick base course.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: plain timber door in recessed wedge-shaped entrance courtyard with tall slit window above. 2-storey studio section rising to left with timber steps leading to 1st floor door of studio on SW elevation; later door opening near gable apex with timber balcony designed by Dr Holden; column of 5 Velux windows to roof. Principal rooms face S and SW with picture windows and glazed patio doors; bedrooms to N and W elevations with narrower windows tucked into deep-eaved re-entrant angles. Cylindrical concrete chimney stack to S slope of roof (over living room).

INTERIOR: central octagonal double-height hall with brick buttresses at angles and timber-boarded ceiling rising to 20ft high apex. All rooms open off hall: bedrooms to right, living rooms straight ahead, bathroom to left. Principal rooms have raked ceilings and walls of painted brickwork. Original fitted cupboards and other furniture in kitchen, living rooms, bedrooms and bathroom. Horizontal brick chimneypiece in living room. Plain timber doors; maple floorboards. Pottery studio situated over garage and store rooms with steeply-raked timber ceiling and double timber mezzanine constructed by owner with timber from demolished Glasgow tenements.