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Time warp Sixties house in Essex on the market for £1.85 million seeks fans of mid-century modernism

Source: Savills

A modernist house lovingly restored to its original Sixties design is on the market for £1.85 million with Savills.

Sussex House in Loughton, Essex, was built by architect Geoffrey Bateman for himself and his family in 1965.

When current occupants Alan and Sandy Walker bought the house in 2013, they carefully reversed changes made in the Eighties by the second owners and restored it exactly to Bateman’s original plans.

“My wife used to take our

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