Cliff Road Studios was built in 1968 as a series of live/work spaces for artists, to a design by the Modernist architect Georgie Wolton. This particular apartment was used as a studio by the same painter since the late 1960s until it was sold by The Modern House in 2013.

Georgie Wolton was one of the founding members of the renowned architecture practice Team 4, which included Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Wolton’s sister, Wendy Cheesman (who subsequently married Foster). Initially, Wolton was the only qualified architect in the group.

Cliff Road Studios is a rare example of a Wolton-designed buiding. While Norman Foster and Richard Rogers have become the most successful architects of their generation, Georgie Wolton went on to forge a notable career as a landscape designer.