6-12, Temple Fortune Hill

These artisans’ cottages, numbered 6 to 12, Temple Fortune Hill, were built in 1908-9 by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin as part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb. They are constructed with painted pebbledash walls over a brick plinth in Flemish bond. The round-arched entrance is highlighted with brick detailing. The roofs are tiled, with tile flat gable kneelers and weatherings to all windows, except for the first floor which sits in a recessed range.

The cottages are designed as a gable-facing, double-ended house, featuring a recessed range of six windows and single-window wings. Variations in detail and fenestration arose from the site’s shallow depth, causing the crosswings to project further and concentrating entrances on the main elevation. The design is bilaterally symmetrical around a central party wall, with windows varying in placement and size.

The stack placement differs from the cottages opposite, with a pair of small rebated ridge stacks over the twin passage, one square stack to the front and rear slope of the crosswing’s interior return, and ridge stacks to the rear of the main roof ridge on each crosswing. The cottages form an important part of the original artisans' quarter planned by Unwin, contributing to a coherent streetscape alongside other distinct building types.