Ideal Home

100 YEARS OF INSPIRING HOMES

March 1959

THE MURIAL FAMILY’S BUNGALOW, SURREY

Winner of Ideal Home’s House of the Year award in 1959 this ‘excitingly planned’ home cost £3,750 to build.

“This glass frontage paves the way for all the fully glazed extensions that are hugely popular today
GINEVRA BENEDETTI, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

January 1959

PRINCIPAL’S LODGE,

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