Property of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Henderson, Hillsborough, California | architects: Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons

Venerable values of dignity and containment, of symmetry and elegance illumine the contemporary form of the distinguished house on these and the next four pages. Built in Hillsborough, Calif., for the Wellington Hendersons, its materials are modern, but its felicitous proportions recall the great country houses of centuries past. Pool and terrace promise the informality of outdoor living, but their formal design gives the house an almost classic air. Within, the rooms are rich with wood paneling and fine antiques. Yet, all share in the exhilarating flow of space through the private glory of the house an ancient but new-again delight-the atrium.

The magnificent atrium, splendid in scale and brimming with light, epitomizes the dualistic spirit of the Hendersons' house. Walled with glass and open to the sky, this inner garden provides a completely private outdoor area, while its surrounding galleries simultaneously connect the major rooms of the house and effect a dramatic separation between them.

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Privacy was an important consideration in the design of the house, since the property adjoins a golf course (it lies just beyond the path that curves around the pool-see site plan, opposite page). The Hendersons chose this site, once part of a large estate, for the sake of its towering old pines-and relied on their architect and landscape architect to create a desirable sense of seclusion. Outside, the lanai, sheltered by a roof, is screened from the golf course by a projecting bay of the house, and by the raised swimming pool terrace to which it is open. Inside, the atrium garden provides the delight of sky, water and greenery to be enjoyed in domestic solitude.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | August 1961