14-16, Western Terrace

14-16 Western Terrace is a terrace of houses built between 1902 and 1904 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The buildings are constructed of pebbledashed brick and feature a French tile roof. They stand two storeys high with attics and have seven first-floor windows. The design includes a wide asymmetrical gable that encompasses the second and third bays, while the seventh bay projects slightly forward with a large gable that breaks the roof line.

No. 14, on the left, has a glazed double door and a pair of four-light canted bay windows to the right. No. 15, in the center, also features a glazed double door with a pair of four-light canted bay windows to the left. No. 16, on the right, has an eight-light canted bay window with a four-light canted bay window in a single-storey extension to the right. On the first floor, No. 14 has a two-light casement window to the left and a pair of four-light canted bay windows to the right. No. 15 features three flat-topped dormer casements with three lights each, while No. 16 has a five-light casement window at the gable end. In the attic, there is a three-light casement window on the left gable. The buildings have stacks that rise through the pitch of the roof and ridge stacks.

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.