37-51, Chestnut Grove

37-51 Chestnut Grove is a terrace of four pairs of cottages built between 1909 and 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The cottages are constructed of brick and feature a French tile roof. Each cottage has a lobby entry leading to a living room and a scullery beyond, with the position of the front entrance seemingly moved from its original direct entry. The terrace is two stories high and has 14 first-floor windows, each pair topped with a central gable. They feature standard "New Earswick" window panes, with each pair having central replacement doors flanked by single-pane casements beneath a canopy, and three-light casements in the living rooms. On the first floor, there are two-light casements in the gables, flanked by three-light casements, with half dormers except for the end bays. New Earswick is particularly significant for 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.