29-35, CHESTNUT GROVE

29-35 Chestnut Grove is a terrace consisting of two pairs of cottages built between 1909 and 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The cottages are constructed of brick with a French tile roof. Each cottage features a lobby entry leading to a living room and a scullery beyond. The building is two storeys high with nine first-floor windows, and each pair of cottages has a central weatherboarded gable. The doors have been replaced, and standard "New Earswick" window panes are used throughout.

There is a central round-arched through passage, and each pair of cottages includes two 4-light canted bay windows flanked by doors set beneath segmental arches. A continuous string course runs along the facade. On the first floor, there is a central flat-topped 2-light half dormer, with single-pane casements at a slightly lower level on either side. Each gable features a pair of 3-light casements, while the outer bays have 2-light windows. The roof is hipped, and the stacks have been removed.

The significance of New Earswick lies in its role in the development of low-cost housing in Britain. The experiences and practices established here were incorporated into the Tudor Walters Report of 1918, which played a key role in the passing of the Addison Act of 1919. Plans from New Earswick also influenced the Government Manual on low-cost housing that followed the Act.