60, Holders Road

AMESBURY HOLDERS ROAD SU 1641 (east side)

12/50 No 60

II Experimental smallholder's dwelling, 1919-20, by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, architect W.R. Jaggard. Brick in stretcher bond with irregular headers, probably with cavity. Tiled roof. Two storeys 2 bays. Entrance to west gable end, a C20 door recessed in a moulded timber frame, and flanking 6-pane sash windows. Front has 9 and 12-pane sashes with brick soldier course and brick sills. Roof hipped, with gablets and boxed eaves. Central brick stack. Single storey section to rear. Interior has precast concrete first floor. Roof tiles nailed to battens and boarded under rafters. One of the original five experimental houses built to achieve economies using local materials and new methods. (Jaggard, W.R., 'A Report on the Work of the Department at Amesbury, Wiltshire', 1921; Building Research Report No 5, 1922; Country Life, 20th and 27th November 1920

Listing NGR: SU1633841546