Description

RUSHBY MEAD
1.
5255
Nos 2 to 42 (even)
TL 2232 9/118-121
II GV
2.
1911 by Bennett and Bidwell. Grouped workmen's cottages in 4 terraces built
for the Letchworth Cottages and Buildings Limited, taken over by the Howard
Cottage Society Limited. Typical of the best of Garden City housing and a
model for all subsequent work. One and a half storeys, one and two windows
each. Each terrace symmetrical but of varying design depending on the arrangement
of the dormer gables. Tiled roofs with brick ridge stacks. Roughcast walls.
Gabled and flat-topped casement dormers. Nos 34-42 with projecting gabled
end bays to terrace; bay at north end is tile-hung. Two light casement windows
with glazing bars and tile labels. End bays of Nos 34-42 with splayed bay
windows to ground floor. Recessed doorways with segmental arched lintels
and labels; No 42 entrance with hood carried over bay window. The original
paintwork specification of cream walls and windows, and green doors has been
maintained throughout.

Listing NGR: TL2218432751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395965

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)