1-7, Chestnut Grove

Nos 1-7 on Chestnut Grove is a terrace consisting of two pairs of cottages, built between 1909 and 1914. The cottages are made of brick and feature a French tile roof. They are two storeys high, with single-storey outshuts at either end and eight first-floor windows. The central front rooms of each pair project forward under a catslide roof, which has twin gabled dormers that light the bedrooms above. The cottages have standard "New Earswick" panes throughout, with replacement doors flanked by single-light windows in the outer bays. The projecting central bays have paired four-light casements flanked by single-light casements, while the first floor features two-light casements. Roof lights are positioned above each dormer, and the stacks have been removed. The significance of New Earswick lies in its role in the development of low-cost housing in Britain. The experiences and practices from this area 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.