3 And 4 The Crescent

Nos 3 and 4 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 with attics and have a symmetrical layout. The main facade includes single half-glazed doors on both the right and left, each with timber lean-to porches. Flanking these doors are small glazing bar casement windows, and between them are two-light glazing bar casements. Above these windows is a continuous wooden drip shelf supported by ornate wooden brackets. At the eaves, there are two single small glazing bar casements and a pair of two-light glazing bar casements set within a central gable. This gable also features a drip shelf supported by similar brackets and weatherboarding above. These houses were part of an initiative by Norfolk County Council to explore affordable house building techniques.