The house that landscape painter J. M. W. Turner designed – BBC London News

He’s one of the UK’s best known artists, world renowned for his landscape paintings. But less well known is that Turner had a keen interest in architecture. So much so that he designed his own home in Twickenham, Sandycombe Lodge. After decades of neglect the house was bought by a trust, who set about restoring it to its former glory for the public to enjoy. Sean Fletcher looks at the painstaking task.