77, 79 AND 81, WILLIFIELD WAY

These are three artisans' cottages at 77, 79, and 81 Willifield Way, dating from 1909 to 1910 and designed by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. The cottages are constructed of painted pebbledash with relieving arches over the ground-floor openings, and have weatherboarding to the gable heads of the half-dormers. The roofs are tiled with slightly swept eaves, exposed rafters, and tile gable kneelers.

These cottages form a central element within a group of Parker and Unwin houses numbered 57 to 111 Willifield Way, set well back from the pavement to create a green area. They are designed to resemble a double-ended hall house, with a two-window range to the hall, featuring half-dormers with weatherboarded gable heads. Each crosswing has a single window facing the gable, positioned slightly off the roof ridge. The cottages are two storeys high and built in a Vernacular Revival style. All window and door openings are flat-arched, with weathering above the first-floor windows of the crosswings, and a continuous weathering strip linking the ground-floor windows. A single window is located on the inside returns of the crosswings at ground level. The elevation is bilaterally symmetrical, with the entrance to the hall range situated to the right of the first window range. Each wing has a canted bay window at ground level. A pair of dormers, similar to those in the hall range, are located on each return, where entrances to the end units are situated, alongside bracketed porches. Broad, weatherboarded dormers are found at the rear, along with single gable facing crosswings and a first-floor weathering strip. Single-storey gable facing wings flank each crosswing. L-plan ridge stacks are positioned on the line of the inside corners of the crosswings. The original design is visible in the doors and casement windows. These cottages are part of a larger group including numbers 57 to 111 (odd) and 70 to 124 (even) Willifield Way, with a section designed by Hubbard and Moore, but all developed in accordance with Parker and Unwin principles. Willifield Way as a whole is a significant example of a streetscape designed according to Parker and Unwin's principles.