Hartside

Hartside is a house built between 1909 and 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. It is constructed of brick and features a French tile roof. The building has two storeys with attics, consisting of two bays and a single-storey extension on the right. It has standard "New Earswick" window panes throughout, with a pair of three-light casements in the main range. The entrance includes a half-glazed door and a board door flanking a single-light casement in the hipped-roof extension. On the first floor, there are three-light casements, and the attic features three-light casement dormers. The house has sprocketed eaves and end stacks. New Earswick is particularly significant for its role in the development of low-cost housing in Britain. The experiences and practices established here were influential in 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 impacted the Government Manual on low-cost housing that followed the Act.