30-36, ASMUNS HILL

These are a group of artisans' cottages built in 1909, designed by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin as part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb. The cottages are constructed of painted pebbledash, with a Flemish bond brick plinth to the recessed hall range. The left crosswing is unpainted, and the gables feature tile kneelers. Brick jambs and brick and tile voussoirs form a round-arched cross passage in the centre. The design takes inspiration from a bilaterally symmetrical double-ended hall house, with a five-window range in the centre and a single window to each crosswing. The cottages are two storeys high, with flat-arched windows throughout, except for the round-arched cross passage. The entrances to numbers 32 and 34 flank the cross passage. Hipped half dormers with three-light casements are on the first floor of ranges one and five, while ranges two and four feature four-square window lights. Crosswing entrances are recessed under bracketed porches, and the first-floor windows of the crosswings have four- and three-light openings. Axial ridge stacks are located centrally and at the re-entrant corners, with additional stacks to the rear of each crosswing. Original casements and doors remain. The group represents a significant and complete example of a Parker and Unwin streetscape. The garage and wall to the left of number 38 are not considered to be of particular architectural interest.