30-36, CHESTNUT GROVE

30-36 Chestnut Grove is a terrace of two pairs of cottages built between 1909 and 1914 by Parker and Unwin for the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. The cottages are constructed from brick and feature a French tile roof. They have a through living room plan with a central passageway. The building stands two storeys high and has nine first-floor windows, with a gable over the passage and paired central gables for each pair of cottages.

The cottages have half-glazed doors and standard "New Earswick" window panes throughout. The passage is accessed through a round arch flanked by single-pane casements. Each pair of cottages features a pair of 3-light casements with doors beneath canopies. The outer bays have single-pane casements. On the first floor, there is a central 2-light casement flanked by low 3-light casements, while the outer gables each have 3-light casements and low 2-light casements in the outer bays. The original stacks have been removed.

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.