144-152, HAMPSTEAD WAY

These are a group of artisans’ cottages built in 1907-1908 as part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb development, designed by Parker and Unwin. They are constructed of painted pebbledash with brick and tile dressings, and have tile roofs with swept eaves. The cottages are two storeys high and intended to appear as a double-ended hall house. The central three units (Nos. 146, 148, and 150) have a three-window range, while the slightly projecting end bays (Nos. 144 and 152) each have a single window and feature facing gables. The style is Vernacular Revival.

The entrances to Nos. 146, 148, and 150 are set within a round-arched and recessed entrance porch, with the first two paired at the party wall. Other ground-floor openings have flat arches, their lintels flush with a horizontal storey band, creating the impression that the first floor is jettied. The storey band is designed to resemble weathering. First-floor windows are close to the eaves, imitating a characteristic of late medieval town buildings and making the upper floor appear taller. The facing gables of the end units have different designs; the gable on the left is a plain gable with eaves returning as cheeks, while the gable on the right has eaves extending across the front, just above the lintel of the first-floor window and supported by brackets, simulating an oversailing gable hamper. A shallow oriel window is above the first-floor window.

Axial ridge stacks are located on the party walls between Nos. 144 and 146, 146 and 148, and 150 and 152. A square external stack is visible on the return of No. 144. The entrance to the unit on the return of 144, facing Asmuns Place, is under a bracketed porch, with a dormer window above. The rear of No. 144 features an outshut with a catslide roof. A subsidiary stack is on the rear of No. 150, which includes a rear extension with a catslide roof and a single hipped dormer. A hipped single-storey extension is attached to the rear of No. 146.