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“A lively, modernistic block with vertical brick channeling and plenty of balconies” - Cherry and Pevsner, London 3
With its sleek Crittall windows, curved stone balconies and green-painted railings, Dorset House is art deco through and through. Situated on tree-lined Gloucester Place in Marylebone, the Grade II-listed, blue plaque-bearing building is the setting for this spacious two-bedroom apartment. An extensive renovation in recent years has seen the space, located on the top floor, marry 1930s charm with modern interventions.
Dorset House
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History

Located on the corner of Gloucester Place and Marylebone Road, Dorset House is a bastion of art deco design in the heart of London. Ten storeys sit above two basement levels, with the ground level dotted with shops and restaurants. It was built between 1934 and 1935 to a design by T. P. Bennett and Son, a firm established by Thomas Penberthy Bennett in 1921. Bennett trained at Willesden Polytechnic while working in the Architects' Department of the London & North Western Railway; he later studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He went on to be Director of Bricks at the Ministry of Works during World War II and was responsible for much of the post-war development of Stevenage and Crawley. Celebrated modernist architect Joseph Emberton was also involved with Dorset House, consulting on the design of the building's public spaces. Emberton worked on several large commissions during his career, including New Hall (part of Kensington Olympia), HMV's shop on Oxford Street, and Simpsons of Piccadilly, for which László Moholy-Nagy designed the interiors. Emberton's Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (1931) was chosen to represent Britain at MoMA's 1932 International Exhibition of Modern Architecture in New York City. In addition to its Grade II listing, which it received in 1998, the building was awarded a blue plaque in 2014 by English Heritage to celebrate the work of iconic cinema duo, Powell and Pressburger, who worked in the building between 1942 and 1947. Some of the pair's most well-known films were made during this time, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1942) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946).
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