Dora Cosens

[2] Along with Mary Crowley and Elisabeth Scott, she was among the earliest women architects to work in Britain during the modern era.

[1] Her reviews of books and exhibitions were published in the Architects' Journal;[1][2] the architectural scholar Alan Powers comments that these reveal her to have been "well informed and critical about contemporary developments".

The main bedroom has a symmetrically placed balcony overlooking the garden,[2][11] and the arrangement of windows creates interest by changing with the viewpoint.

Powers describes it as an "assured design", noting the influence of Checkley's earlier houses on Conduit Head Road.

[7] The estate agent Albert Hill includes it in a 2006 list of the ten best modern houses in Britain, describing it as having a "rigidly linear box-like appearance".