He was a self-taught architect, and worked in partnership with Erich Mendelsohn from 1933 to 1936, collaborating on a series of Modernist buildings, including the Grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill.
Chermayeff bought 52 hectares (130 acres) from the Bentley Farm estate in 1935, with the plan to build himself a country house for his family.
The main house is a rectangular two-storey structure with a flat roof, a double square measuring 66 by 33 feet (20 m × 10 m).
A pergola extends along the north (entrance) front and along the west side of the single-service wing to the east of the main block.
The frame was prefabricated at the workshop of Holland, Hannen & Cubitts on Gray's Inn Road, London, with engineering input from Felix Samuely, using knowledge of novel jointing techniques from buildings in Germany.
The semi-open interior was divided by a spine wall, with the entrance hall, kitchen and stairs to the north, and the main living areas to the south, three steps lower, overlooking the garden.
The house was completed in 1938, and was visited by Ernő Goldfinger and by Frank Lloyd Wright, but it was sold after Chermayeff was declared bankrupt the following year.