126, 128 AND 130, HAMPSTEAD WAY (See details for further address information)

These artisans’ cottages were designed in 1907-1908 by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin as part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb development. The buildings, located at 126, 128 and 130 Hampstead Way, also incorporate numbers 1 and 3 Temple Fortune Hill. They are constructed with a pebble dash finish, except for number 3 Temple Fortune Hill which is unpainted, and have a brick plinth in Flemish bond. Tile dressings are used throughout, and the roofs are tiled with swept eaves and exposed rafter ends, with the central section becoming hipped.

The design presents a canted plan that follows the pavement as it turns into Temple Fortune Hill, executed in a Vernacular Revival style. The long elevation is bilaterally symmetrical around the party wall between number 126 Hampstead Way and number 1 Temple Fortune Hill. Most of the windows are original casements, although some on the rear of number 126 have been replaced. Nos. 128 and 130 Hampstead Way, and Nos. 1 and 3 Temple Fortune Hill, feature a four-window range, with identical elevations to numbers 132 and 134 Hampstead Way. A single half dormer spans the party wall, containing a pair of three-light casements. Eyebrow windows are present in the outer ranges of the first floor, while the lower floors have three- and four-light casements. The linking range between the end pairs is set back and has a three-window range. The returns to The Orchard and Temple Fortune Hill each have two windows.

Recessed porches provide entrances to numbers 128 Hampstead Way and number 1 Temple Fortune Hill, set in the rebated range which lacks a brick plinth and flared weathering. Number 126 has an entrance under a bracketed porch. Ridge stacks are located on the returns and party walls between numbers 128 and 130, 126 and 1, and 1 and 3. Stacks are centrally placed on the remaining roof slopes. The design’s notable feature is the way it turns the corner, creating the impression of semi-detached pairs at each end.

The rear elevations of numbers 1 and 3 and 128 and 130 are identical, featuring a catslide roof to outshuts occupying a single-window range at the party walls, spanned by a two-span gable-facing dormer. Tile kneelers are present on the outshut roofs and gable ends. An entrance to number 130 was originally set under a bracketed canopy but now has plank and weatherboarded side cladding, a later 20th-century addition. The original design of doors remains for all but number 126.