Numbers 22 And 24 And Archway To Right

Nos 22 and 24 are a pair of semi-detached houses built in 1913 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. Constructed from brick with a French tile roof, these are designed as parlour cottages featuring projecting outer wings and a small squared projection at the angle that contains the staircase and larder. The houses are two storeys high, with six first-floor windows and paired gables at either end, the inner gable being lower and set back. They have standard "New Earswick" window panes throughout. The replacement doors flanking the 2-light casements share a porch supported by wooden posts and a bressumer. The projecting outer wings have 3-light casements. To the right, an archway connects with that of Nos 18 and 20. On the first floor, there is a central pair of low 2-light flat-topped dormers, with 2-light casements in the smaller gables and 3-light casements in the larger gables. The original stacks have been removed. The significance of New Earswick lies in its role in the development of low-cost housing in Britain, with practices and experiences from this area influencing the Tudor Walters Report of 1918 and the subsequent Addison Act of 1919.