Temple Fortune Court

Temple Fortune Court is a block of flats built between 1911 and 1912, designed by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, possibly with assistance from A. J. Penty. It is located in Hampstead Garden Suburb, Barnet. The building is constructed from dark brown brick in Flemish and mixed bonds, with red brick dressings and faint brick diaper patterns to the oblique corners. The roof is tiled, and the dressings are of artificial stone. The design blends English Classicism with the vernacular revival style of Edwin Lutyens and E.S. Prior.

The flats form a rectangular plan with chamfered corners creating a rear courtyard, arranged in a twelve-window range, with a three-window range to the left return and two-window range to the right. The building is three storeys high with flat-roofed dormers. All openings are flat-arched, featuring sash and dormer casements of an original design. A particularly striking feature is the treatment of the corners, which are chamfered and feature a gable turning in three sections, topped by a tall external gable stack. This design provides a strong presence to the street, effectively transitioning from the taller Arcade House on Finchley Road to the smaller scale buildings along Temple Fortune Lane. Tall ridge stacks mirror the attenuated proportions of the gable ends.

Entrances to the flats (numbered 1 to 8 and 9 to 16) are located within two-storey aedicules, rusticated at ground floor and topped with a pediment over French doors and a balcony enclosed by cast-iron railings. French doors lead to a shallow balcony bounded by cast-iron railings and an architrave at the fifth and eighth window ranges. A classical aedicule framing a plaque with the building's name is featured at the first floor of the chamfered corners. The right return steps down to two storeys, including a porch with a round-arched loggia on the first floor. At the rear, gable-faced wings are present along with an exterior gable stack. Four-storey stair towers, with hipped roofs and swept eaves, are also part of the design.