64, MEADWAY NW11

No. 64 Meadway is a house built in 1929-30, designed by the architects Baillie Scott and Beresford. It is a late example of work by an architect who also contributed to earlier buildings in the Hampstead Garden Suburb, including Waterlow Court, Heath Close, and numbers 22 Hampstead Way and 6 to 10 Meadway. The house was constructed with multi-brown brick in English bond for the ground floor, and red tile-hanging for the first floor, topped with a tiled roof featuring projecting gables capped by Sussex hips, and a hipped west end. Brick chimneystacks are prominent, the main one positioned between an arched entrance and the ground floor, with an exposed breast.

The house has an irregular plan, including an angled projection containing a drawing room, designed to respond to its corner plot and a side facing Grey Close. A kitchen is located on the north side, facing Meadway, with a concealed yard screened by a linking wall, and it incorporates an integral garage. Reception rooms are situated on the south side, separated by a dog-leg staircase. The house has two storeys and attics. The exterior is irregular, with dominant gables facing the road junction. The ground floor windows have leaded lights separated by brick mullions and brick cills, while the first floor and attic have oak-mullioned windows with steel-leaded light casements.

The arched entrance features a battened hardwood door with moulded ribs and iron strap hinges. A screen wall, with an arched opening and wrought-iron gate, provides access to the kitchen yard. The garage, to the right of the Meadway facade, has double-leaf battened doors with an ornamental nail head pattern to the fixings on internal ledges, and cast-iron strap hinges. The garden elevation is cranked, featuring a semi-circular headed garden door and a large mullion and transome window above, to the left of centre. A projecting gable faces Grey Close.

Inside, the entrance hall has an original exposed stud and plaster screen, with obscure-glazed upper lights to the kitchen. The drawing room displays an original brick-arched fireplace with an oak-panelled chimney breast, a fitted china cupboard, a low oak-panelled dado, a two-panelled door, and a beamed plaster ceiling framing steel joists. The dining room has similar doors and ceilings, with fitted cupboards flanking a later fireplace. The main staircase is of closed string construction, featuring a solid balustrade topped by a moulded oak handrail. The staircase to the attic has stick balusters and a moulded handrail; the lower flight has a modern renewal replacing a plastered stud partition and door. This house is notable within the 'new suburb' development, reflecting the inter-war period's architectural character.