'There is the most extraordinary visual, structural and functional logic to Stoneywell. Of course, there is the other structural and functional logic that says: Build a house of brick on level ground - but that is the difference between building and architecture.' Nicholas Cooper, architectural historian.
Not far from where I live there is a tall, red brick house with an intriguing variety of windows. A path flanked by standard bay trees leads directly to the reassuringly solid front door which is...