Journal of Architectural Conservation
Volume 12, Issue 2, July 2007
The Greenside Case
Another One Bites the Dust
Dennis Sharp
Paper Summary
The Greenside case highlighted the destruction of what the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister called ‘a very significant building of the international Modern Movement’: the house designed by Connell, Ward & Lucas at Wentworth in 1936. It was demolished in 2004. The case demonstrated the tenuous nature of the listing process. The author, who made representations at the public inquiry over its destruction on behalf of both Docomomo and the RIBA, now brings the story up to date.
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Figure 5 Greenside’s aesthetic was based on the ‘sun, light and air’ philosophy of the international Modern Movement. It also provided a grandstand view of the golf course. (BookART: Sydney Newbury)
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Dennis Sharp MA, AADipl, RIBA, IAA
Dennis Sharp is a partner in Dennis Sharp Architects, Hertford and London and co-chair of Docomomo-UK. He is a founder member of Docomomo International’s Registers Committee and has advised English Heritage and number of national and international bodies on twentieth-century buildings and sites.
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