York Historic Environment Record

SE 6055 SE NEW EARSWICK WESTERN TERRACE (east side) 11/73 Nos 14-16 (consecutive) GV II Terrace. Probably 1902-1904. By Parker and Unwin, for Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. Pebbledashed brick and French tile roof. 2 storeys with attics, 7 first-floor windows. Wide asymmetrical gable embraces second and third bays. Seventh bay breaks forward slightly with large gable breaking roof line. No 14 to left: glazed double door with pair of 4-light canted bay windows to right. No 15 to centre: glazed double door with pair of 4- light canted bay windows to left. No 16 to right: 8-light canted bay window with 4-light canted bay window in single-storey extension to right. First floor: No 14 has 2-light casement to left and pair of 4-light canted bay windows to right. No 15: three 3-light flat-topped dormer casements. No 16: 5-light casement to gable end. Attic: 3-light casement to left gable. Stacks rising through pitch of roof and ridge stacks. The particular significance of New Earswick lies in its contribution to the development of low cost housing in Britain. Experience gained and practices introduced here were incorporated extensively into the Tudor Walters Report of 1918 which was instrumental in the passing of the Addison Act of 1919. Plans from New Earswick influenced the Government Manual on low cost housing which followed the Act. Sinclair A: Planning and Domestic Architecture at New Earswick, BA dissertation, University of Reading, 1983. Waddilove L: One Man's Vision, London, 1954. Listing NGR: SE6097055038