High Sunderland
High Sunderland , also Bernat Klein House , is a villa near the Scottish town of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders Council Area . In 2007 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in the highest monument category A. The associated exhibition and work building "The Studio" is independently classified as a Category A building.
history
The Scottish textile designer and artist of Serbian descent Bernat Klein had High Sunderland built in 1957. He hired the Scottish architect Peter Womersley to plan it after seeing his work Farnley Hey in Huddersfield , England . Klein lived on High Sunderland and used the adjoining studio as a work and exhibition space. In 1982 the villa was expanded in a contemporary way. Ernő Goldfinger oriented himself towards High Sunderland when planning his Villa Benjamin's Mount , which was built in the late 1960s .
description
The villa is isolated off the A707 around 2.5 km north of the center of Selkirk and a few hundred meters west of the right bank of Ettrick Water . The one-storey villa is stylistically in harmony with the architecture of the late modern era . The flat roof construction is designed with Makore elements . Klein later added a vertical mosaic in the access area. The interior is designed in the style of Womersley with open spaces and flat window elements. In addition to woodwork made of abachi , walnut and rosewood , numerous textile furniture designed by Klein have been preserved. The floors are largely high quality tiled.
The studio
The studio, also called Bernat Klein Studio , located around 100 m to the south , was built in 1972 based on a design by Womersley. It is considered a link between the architect's two styles, the functional style structured by horizontal window elements, as can be found at High Sunderland, and the sculptural style with exposed concrete elements, in which, for example, the Netherdale stadium was designed. Womersley incorporated borrowings from Frank Lloyd Wright's design of Fallingwater , on the basis of which he, as an adolescent, decided to study architecture. The building with its flat glass elements on all sides in aluminum frames rests on its four corner pillars. Inside, a fully enclosed brick staircase leads to the upper floor. It continues to above the roof terrace. In 2002 the vacant building was placed on the Scottish Register of Listed Buildings at Risk. In 2011 his condition was classified as poor with moderate risk.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on High Sunderland in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 34 ′ 27.8 " N , 2 ° 50 ′ 12.1" W.