Torilla (house)

Torilla is a Grade II* listed house in Wilkin's Green Lane in Hatfield, England.

It was designed in 1934–35 by F. R. S. Yorke in the modernist style and has influences from Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche.

According to an article in the Independent on 19 March 1995,[3] "the house had always been almost uninhabitable because of faults in its experimental design.

According to the Independent article, Torilla had been listed in 1983 then delisted the following year when permission was given to demolish it.

It was bought by a new purchaser on 11 May 1993 who intended to demolish it, but who discovered it had been re-listed the previous month, on 23 April 1993.