73 And 75, Chestnut Grove

73 and 75 Chestnut Grove are a pair of semi-detached houses built between 1909 and 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. Constructed from brick with a French tile roof, these are designed as parlour cottages. The houses are two stories tall and feature two first-floor windows with a shared central gable. They include standard "New Earswick" window panes throughout, with a pair of 2-light casements flanked by 3-light casements on the ground floor and 2-light casements on the first floor. The gable end has weatherboarding, and the original stacks have been removed. Entrances are located on the side elevations. New Earswick is particularly significant for 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, which contributed to the Addison Act of 1919. Plans from New Earswick also impacted the Government Manual on low-cost housing that followed the Act.