Erskine House

Two children’s cottage homes, now converted into four flats, were built between 1911 and 1912 by B Parker and R Unwin for the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. They were later altered in the early to mid 20th century by J Souter. The buildings are constructed of purpleish brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with red brick dressings, and have a plain tile roof. The two-storey structure consists of seven bays arranged 1:2:1:2:1. The central and end bays project under hipped roofs, linked by round-arched loggias that support first-floor balconies. A red brick plinth and quoins are present, along with brick surrounds to the openings. The windows are wooden sash windows, with fifteen panes to the ground floor and twelve panes above. A later central entrance features a two-panel door with a glazed panel, set within a wooden architrave with console brackets and a pediment, along with an impost band. Above the door is a fifteen-pane window set within a red brick panel extending through the eaves and beneath a hipped roof. The end bays have paired ground-floor windows. The loggia has raised key blocks and imposts to the round arches; within, board doors with small-pane overlights lead into each end bay. The first-floor balcony balustrade has notched wooden balusters, and French windows are found in bays 2 and 6. Stacks are located on the rear roof pitch and the inner sides of the end bays. The rear elevation has board doors with small-pane overlights in the centre and at the rear ends, with the central door flanked by two-bay, hipped-roofed projections. Small gabled privies with board doors on the inner side are located at each end. A rainwater head is dated 1911. These buildings were originally part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb and were initially named Ursula Cottage and Henrietta Cottage, having been donated by George Cadbury and Canon Barnet.