Little Manor, London NW7

A graduate of both the Architectural Association and the School of Planning and Regional Research, Hal Higgins (1926-2011) established Higgins Ney & Partners with Peter Ney in 1954. Having won a private house commission in Hampstead, the pair launched the uncompromisingly modern style that was to become their trademark. They went on to build a house in Highgate that was listed at Grade II in 2006, and another in West Sussex that is mentioned by Pevsner. They also carried out a number of high-density, low-rise housing schemes, including the ‘High-Deck’ design in Fulham, which received a Civic Trust award in 1970. From 1986, Hal Higgins was Chairman of Higgins Gardner & Partners, which focused on the adaptation or alteration of historic buildings. Notable was his design for the Bank of England Museum, which accurately reinstated Sir John Soane’s Bank Stock Office.

The Modern House recently had Hal Higgins’Little Manor in London NW7 on the market.

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