53-59, CHESTNUT GROVE

A terrace of two pairs of cottages, built around 1909-1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The buildings are constructed of brick with a French tile roof. The design incorporates a lobby entry leading to a living room and scullery. The terrace is two stories high, with nine first-floor windows, and features a central weatherboarded gable in each pair of cottages. Throughout the buildings are half-glazed doors and standard "New Earswick" window panes. A central, round-arched passage runs through the terrace. Each pair of cottages has two 4-light canted bay windows, flanked by doors beneath segmental arches. A continuous string course runs along the facade. Dormers are centrally positioned on the first floor, with a flat top and two lights, flanked by single-pane casements at a slightly lower level. Pairs of 3-light casements are in each gable, and 2-light windows are in the outer bays. The roof is hipped, and stacks have been removed. New Earswick is significant for its contribution to the development of low-cost housing in Britain, influencing the Tudor Walters Report of 1918 and the subsequent Addison Act of 1919, and informing government guidance on low-cost housing.