2, Wildwood Rise

This is a house located at 2 Wildwood Rise, built between 1912 and 1913, designed by Cyril Farey. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped roof made of pantiles with broad boxed eaves. The house has two storeys and a symmetrical five-window facade, with canted bays on the outer sides and a central first-floor balcony formed from the flat roofs of the bays, which is enclosed by a railing of original design. The windows are casement style and of authentic design. The chimney breasts rise to high axial stacks at the ends of the building. This house won second prize in a 'Country Life' competition for smaller middle-class houses and was featured in one of the magazine's special publications just before World War I. The architect's focus on cubic forms, highlighted by the sill band and canted bays, was quite innovative for its time, reflecting the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's work up to 1909. This geometric style contrasted sharply with the prevailing Georgian revival style and foreshadowed the emergence of British Modernist design between the wars.