Most of the living space was underground but was awash with natural light. The house was deemed so special, it was later Grade II listed and eclipsed everything else he had designed, including a number of fabulous mid-century properties constructed in and around his native Huddersfield. One of those properties was Somerton, designed in 1965, which was in a parlous state and at risk of being bulldozed when Jill Hayfield and John Sandford stepped in to rescue it six years ago.
The two ground floor reception rooms are designed to also work as exhibition spaces when required and are used to display both 3D and wall hung artwork Outside, where there is a hillside backdrop, the garden and patio can be used to showcase sculpture in a domestic setting. The house, which sits just less than a mile from Holmfirth, is open for Holmfirth Art Week in July and for specific events and at other times by arrangement. It rarely features an exhibition devoted to an individual artist.