Torilla (house)

Torilla is a Grade II* listed house in Wilkin's Green Lane in Hatfield, England. It was designed in 1934–35 by F. R. S. Yorke in the modernist style and has influences from Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche.[1] This was the first building designed by Yorke.[2]

Conservation

John Winter later took the work of conservation of the house.[3] The building is reported to have become derelict and under threat of demolition when listed in the 1990s.[4]

References
  1. Historic England. "Torilla (1348145)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. Architecture Today. Architecture Today. 2004.
  3. Architecture Today. Architecture Today. 2004.
  4. "House caught in the heritage trap". 1995.

Further reading
  • Architectural Review, September 1935, pp. 97–99.
  • Gould, Jeremy. Modern Houses in Britain 1919-39. pp. 19–20.


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