17-43, Ridge Avenue

This is a group of four terraces, numbered 17 to 43, located on Ridge Avenue. Built in 1912 by Bennett and Bidwell, they were designed as housing for workmen as part of the Howard Cottage Society's development plan. The terraces connect via outbuildings and link with numbers 24 to 30 (even) and numbers 21 to 29 (odd) on Hillshott. Each terrace is one and a half storeys high, with generally one window per frontage. The facades are symmetrical, with variation achieved through the placement of both large and small gabled dormers. The roofs are tiled, with brown brick ridge stacks. The walls are roughcast and the small dormers have weather-boarded gables. Windows are casements with two or three panes of glazing bars, and tile labels. Some gables feature labels extending as strings. The ground floor includes four-light bay windows with cornices and recessed doorways with segmental arches, tile labels, and boarded doors. A one-storey connecting range features gabled entrances flanked by segmental headed three-light windows. The original colour scheme of cream walls and window frames, with green doors, window cills, and pipework remains. The buildings are included in the list for their group value.