22 Frognal Way, Hampstead

Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 18 Oct 2015

The modernist house at 22 Frognal Way was built in 1978 to the designs of Kentish Town architect Philip Pank. The single-storey house was commissioned by Harold Cooper (founder of the Lee Cooper jeans brand) and his wife, Daphne, who was disabled. The house has lain empty since 2008 (following Cooper's death) and has gradually become more dilapidated, as the image graphically illustrates. Plans are currently afoot (October 2015) to gain planning permission to demolish the building and erect a new house on the site, but opinions among local interest groups are divided. Post-script: The Camden New Journal in its edition of 24 March 2016 reported that permission for the demolition of the building had been refused despite the extent of its disrepair. Camden Council decided that demolition could not go ahead because this would lead to "the loss of the existing building which makes a positive contribution to the Hampstead Conservation Area". See also this https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/design-for-22-frognal-way-cooper-house-hampstead-london-for-harold-cooper-sections/posterid/RIBA39669.html

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