An eminent British architect, Michael Newberry (1930-2016) is credited with designing the UK’s first glass and steel house in the Surrey village of Capel. Known as ‘Panshanger’, the house was designed by Newberry at the age of 27. It was an elegant building designed for himself and his family, that, according to an article published in The Age in 1958, had only one internal door leading into the bathroom.

In 2006, Newberry designed a second glass and steel house – again for his own occupation – this time in the village of Bishopstrow in Wiltshire. The setting was crucial to the design, as Newberry himself expressed: ‘From the outset I wanted to create an open, eco-friendly house that would blend seamlessly into the garden and provide a perfect backdrop for displaying contemporary sculpture.’

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