Underhill at
Holme, West Yorkshire
Holme is a small rural village southwest of the town of Holmfirth and from Tintwistle on the edge of the Pennines in England. Between Holmbridge and Lane Village in West Yorkshire close to the border with Derbyshire. It lies on the boundary ...
, is a modern
house
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designed by Arthur Quarmby in 1969 and built from 1973 to 1975.
Underhill has been
Grade II listed
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on the
National Heritage List for England
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since July 2017.
Underhill was the first
earth-sheltered house to have been built in
Britain
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in modern times.
Historic England
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described Underhill as "representing a significant milestone in the development of ecological and sustainable architecture".
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It was built at a cost of £50,000 and was constructed by J. B. Kenworthy of Holmfirth.][
The house features a hourglass-shaped swimming pool centrally located in the main room, with a large octagonal pyramid conservatory-style skylight window in the ceiling above the centre of one of its circular ends.
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References
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Country houses in West Yorkshire
Grade II listed houses
Houses completed in 1975
Modernist architecture in England
Holme Valley
Peak District
Semi-subterranean structures