Wendon
G M Linzell, a Dublin builder, built "Wendon", now called Balnahowan, in Glasnevin Dublin, for his own use to a design by London architect Harold Greenwood in 1930. According to contemporary reports some features of the design and fittings were by Linzell.
A relatively large modern house for the time, with four bedrooms and a maids room, it was erected close to a development of 100 houses by Linzell and other nearby housing developments carried out by his father in law. Built of pre-cast concrete blocks with steel Crittall windows, it has a flat roof covered with Ruberoid.
Included in the very advanced features of the house were internal telephones, a refrigerator, dining and carving tables fitted with electric hot-plates, concealed lighting and fitted furniture designed by Linzell himself. Even more unusual for the time was near total reliance on central heating with only two open fireplaces. This was at a time when most Irish houses relied on coal fires as their only heating source, a situation that prevailed until the 1960's.
Photos 1999. The flower bed in front of the door was originally a fountain.