Bentley Wood, the 1930s house in rural Sussex designed by Serge Chermayeff for himself, his family and his art collection before it pushed him into bankruptcy, has been listed at grade II.

It is a key work of progressive English modernism and is considered to be one of the most important buildings built during the inter-war period in Britain.

Paintings and sculptures were originally displayed throughout, including works by John Piper, Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore, whose Recumbent Figure was commissioned for the garden.

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