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This property was named 'House of the Year' 50 years ago - and looking at these fascinating pictures, inside the home, time has stood still.

The time warp home has remained unchanged since it won the award, and is expected to sell for £240,000 when it goes under the hammer next month.

Called 'Montana', the four-bedroom home was designed in 1966 by Ronald Smith.

Its unusual box-shape style caught the eye of experts at the Ideal Home Show who named it the 'House of the Year' in 1967.

The property was built in a Canadian style on a slope with the top floor at the same level as the road and the lower floor below ground.

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Incredibly, the inside has remained exactly the same since the 1960s with Parana Pine wooden doors and panels dominating the interior.

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It even has the same dated carpets and wallpaper, which are a variety of bright colours and floral patterns, as 50 years ago.

The house comes with the old-style kitchen cupboards and bathroom fittings as well as a unique exterior spiral staircase connecting the garden to the first floor.

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As well as the award-winning design, the property is next to picturesque Red House Park with the windows, which run across the length of the upper floor, overlooking a large pond.

The house, which is in Boscobel Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, has been owned by the same family since 1967 who have changed nothing about the interior.

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But it is expected to attract bids of over £240,000 when it goes under the hammer at the Pennycuick Collins auction at Birmingham City FC on March 2.

Stuart Tullah, associate partner at the Birmingham-based chartered surveyors and property auctioneers, said: "This is an incredibly unique lot and it's very exciting to see it come up for auction.

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"When it was first built 50 years ago, this was a very modern building, but with many of its original features still standing today, it is now a great piece of history.

"We're confident there will be lots of interest in Montana on the day."

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The house boasts a covered entrance with a glass porch on the top floor which is level with the road.

There is also a hallway, kitchen, dining room, lounge with a conservatory and a main bedroom with its own dressing room and en-suite bathroom on the upper level.

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The bottom floor, which is level with the park, has three more bedrooms as well as a bathroom and a laundry room.

At the front of the property there is a driveway leading to the garage and at the back there is a garden which borders the picturesque park.