7 And 8 The Crescent

Nos 7 and 8 The Crescent are a pair of semi-detached council houses built between 1919 and 1920, designed by George Skipper. They are constructed from rendered clay-lump with pantile roofs featuring plain barge boards and a central brick ridge stack. The houses are single storey plus attics and have a symmetrical layout.

The main front includes single half-glazed doors with timber lean-to porches on both the right and left sides. Beyond these doors are single small glazing bar casements, and between them are single two-light glazing bar casements. Above these windows is a continuous wooden drip shelf supported by ornate wooden brackets. There are also two single small glazing bar casements at the eaves, with a pair of two-light glazing bar casements set within a single central gable above. This pair of windows also features a drip shelf supported by similar brackets, with weatherboarding in the gable above. These houses were designed for Norfolk County Council as part of an experiment in affordable house building techniques.