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    The landing


    The top landing is a spacious open room. Glazed front and rear, it links the bedroom and living wings to either side.

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    Patrick Gwynne’s father purchased the delicate antique blue and white Bristol glass chandelier and although many visitors found it incongruous in such a modern house, Gwynne always thought it ‘perfect for the situation’. He was inspired to put it here after seeing a chandelier used in a similar way in a Le Corbusier house in Paris.

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    The abstract mural on the curved wall was drawn in coloured wax crayon on brown lining paper by an assistant of the artist Peter Thompson, and was originally intended to be only temporary.

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    The wall to the living wing is covered in tinted glass, and the pair of doors to the main living space are padded in white leather.

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    The terrace at The Homewood.
    © Simon Basketter, Corvidae
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