Harley Sherlock

A pioneering architect in Canonbury, Harley specialised in low-rise public and private housing. He proved that low-rise schemes could be just as efficient in terms of land use as high-rise. For himself and his young family he created a single story home in Canonbury, which he dubbed a 'modern day orangery' to please the local landowner, The Marquess of Northampton, whom he hoped to persuade to sell him the land. Hear Harley's story, and tour the house with his daughter, in this first edition of series 1. Harley Sherlock is the author of Cities are Good For Us, and An Architect in Islington.

Harley had suffered a stroke shortly before the programme was made in 2013, and sadly passed away in May 2014.

Original Resonance 104.4 FM transmission, Monday 15th September 2014: 1630

Townhouses, Jacksons Lane, Highgate

4 bedroom houses, Jacksons Lane, Highgate

Double height interior, Southwood Lane, Highgate

Townhouses, Shepherd's Hill, Highgate

Cities Are Good For Us, Harley Sherlock, 1991

Rear bedroom, townhouses, Highgate

Top floor studio, Jacksons Lane, Highgate

En suite bedroom, townhouses, Highgate

Harley Sherlock's own home, Canonbury

Harley Sherlock meets Chris Smith

Receiving the OBE

Flats, west London

Dining room, Hillside Gardens, Highgate

Shepherd's Close, Highgate

The Sherlock family home, Alwyne Place, Cannonbury

Library, Islington

Tibbet's Close, Wimbledon

4 bedroom house, Jackson's Lane, Highgate

4 bedroom houses, Jackson's Lane, Highgate

Townhouses, Jackson's Lane, Highgate

4 bedroom houses, Jackson's Lane, Highgate

Converted garage section of Jackson's Lane townhouse

Southwood Lane, Highgate

Tibbet's Close, Wimbledon

Library, Islignton

Townhouses, Shepherd's Hill, Highgate

Interview with architect Harley Sherlock, about his life as a practicing architect in north London.

Producer/Presenter, John Escolme

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