29-35, Sycamore Avenue

A terrace of four houses built in 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The houses are brick-built, with a French tile roof. They are arranged with a lobby-entry plan, featuring a living room and scullery to the rear. The terrace is two storeys high and consists of nine bays, with the central three bays projecting slightly. The windows are 4-pane sashes, throughout the building. A central round archway provides access to a through passage, flanked by recessed half-glazed doors set within round arches. The inner bays on both floors feature paired sashes, while the outer bays have single windows. The roofs are hipped with sprocketed eaves, although the chimney stacks have been removed. Entrances to numbers 29 and 35 are located on the side. The significance of New Earswick lies in its contribution to the development of low-cost housing in Britain. The experience and practices developed here significantly influenced the Tudor Walters Report of 1918, a key factor in the passage of the Addison Act of 1919, and subsequently influenced government guidance on low-cost housing.