article_snippet.sent: An Indian-style bungalow that was built in Sussex in the Victorian era and preserved to maintain its 1880s facade has gone on the market for £1million.
article_snippet.sent: The unique property is one of the last surviving bungalows in Britain that were built on the design of Victorian houses in India .
article_snippet.sent: Built in the 1880s by RA Briggs, known as Bungalow Briggs, The unique property is not all split over one level as modern bungalows are today.
article_snippet.sent: its Victorian design soon infiltrated British architecture.
article_snippet.sent: Briggs, a renowned architect, published his interpretation of the style in the 1891 book Bungalows and Country Residences.
article_snippet.sent: A hallmark of the traditional Indian-Victorian bungalow was a large veranda at the front of a property like the one found at Pleasaunce Cottage.
article_snippet.sent: Unlike bungalows as they are referred to today, The unique property is set over three levels.
article_snippet.sent: One of the house's most distinct features is the house large veranda at the front of a property like the one found at Pleasaunce Cottage.
article_snippet.sent: These were a common feature among Victorian properties in India .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Kathryn Ferry, an architectural historian and author of the book Bungalows, said: 'This is one of the earliest surviving bungalows in Britain and certainly one of the most important. '
article_snippet.sent: What makes this one so significant is this one was part of a bungalow settlement as if built in India on a hill station where the colonial British went to escape from the heat of the cities, sitting on their verandas in the cool breeze. '
article_snippet.sent: There are a couple of bungalows in the development left but this one is the most original. '
article_snippet.sent: Bungalows weren’t about single storey living, Bungalows were more of a leisure house and this exemplifies that.
article_snippet.sent: Bungalows aren’t just boring suburban homes. '
article_snippet.sent: While a leisure house is one of many of the same style built in the area by architect RA Briggs, historians have described a leisure house as one of the best remaining examples of a Victorian-Indian bungalow .
highlights_snippet.sent: The unique property is one of the last surviving  bungalows in Britain built in the same style as original properties found in India .
  