Location Name - Dorich House
67-69 Kingston Vale
Kingston upon Thames SW15 3RN

Location ID: 10140698

Phone 1:020 8417 5519

Website:
http://www.dorichhouse.com (Dorich House)

Email: [email protected]

 
Styles: Period 1930-1940, Modern (1920s-1940s), Art Deco

Categories:
CITYSCAPES, ROOFTOPS AND VIEWS - Rooftop views
COMMERCIAL - Conference centres
MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND INSTITUTES - Museums
RESIDENTIAL - Houses, historic town

Description:
Large Art Deco detached house built to the design of Auguste Perret, with outstanding architectural features and uniquely designed interior. Vast banks of north-facing Mackintosh-inspired windows provide lots of natural light. Driveway and large orchard adjoining Richmond Park. Ten rooms, four bathrooms, utility rooms, four meeting rooms, the original living accommodation and plaster and modelling studios, and a gallery. The Plaster Studio contains striking original plaster heads and torsos by Dora Gordine. This flexible space has a bank of north-facing windows and double doors leading into the garden. The Modelling Studio on the first floor has panoramic views of Richmond Park. The Gallery has lift-size bronze sculptures, intriguing Russian artefacts and stylish furniture. The Russian Suite on the top floor is the original living space of Richard and Dora Hare. The lounge and ining rooms have half-moon windows. The Roof Terrace provides dramatic views over Richmond Park and Wimbledon Common.

General Notes:
Doubling / Stand In: Russian dacha Artist's studio Eastern European bourgeois house Hollywood home

Jurisdictions::
Kingston upon Thames

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