Photography courtesy Savills
Photography courtesy Savills
Photography courtesy Savills
Photography courtesy Savills
Photography courtesy Savills
Photography courtesy Savills
John Malyan puts an edge on Surrey suburbia with this 1950s modernist bungalow, using jaunty angles and geometric forms.
The local architect drew on Scandinavian influences to create this split-level Weybridge home, which he built for a Norwegian couple in 1959, a year after he co-founded his practice Broadway Malyan.
Bittebakken requires a lick of paint and some modernisation, but it has original interiors, including a double-height vaulted ceiling, glass walls, autumnal hues, and an abundance of dark wood. The 1.2-acre midcentury home sits in the private, gated community of St George’s Hill, best known for its golf club and mega-mansions, and is for sale via Savills for £2.5m.
Its church-like living room is on a raised level with pitched ceilings clad in varnished tongue and groove and rosewood flooring. A rectangular white form encloses a full-length chimney breast – the space’s focal point. Clerestory windows allow for views of the soaring ceiling that continues into the adjoining hallway while taking light into other parts of the house.
The five-bedroom Surrey property’s light-filled entrance hall has green-hued wooden accents, slate floor tiles and a glass wall.
