5-15, ASMUNS PLACE

The houses at 5-15 Asmuns Place, Barnet, were built in 1908 as part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb development. They were likely designed by Charles Wade, who was an office assistant to Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. The houses are constructed with brick in Flemish bond, featuring red brick dressings and tile creeping. The gables have tile kneelers, and the roofs are tiled.

The plan is based on a variant of a double-ended hall house, with the end units designed as crosswings, each one window wide. The hall range has eight windows. The floor height changes between ranges four and five in the centre, where the window on the left is lower than the one on the right, and topped by a shallow hipped eaves projection. Ranges three and six feature broad, round tile archways, with angled returns pierced by entrances; an unusual inner arch opens into a cross passage. The entrance to number 5 is set within a left-hand canopy porch, with a deep canted bay beside it. All other openings are flat arched, with relieving arches and tile creasing to the tympana. A similar treatment is visible on the first-floor windows in the crosswings. Hipped half-dormers are featured in ranges two, three, six and eight. The entrance to number 15 is on the return. Ridge stacks are located at the inner corners of the end wings and at the centre, with subsidiary stacks on the returns of the first-floor windows. The doors are of original design, with slight alterations, and the two- and three-light casements retain their original design. The elevation is mirrored by the houses at 6-16 (even) opposite, and the group forms an important part of the wider Asmuns Place, incorporating numbers 1-59 (odd) and 2-52 (even).