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Club House, Flat Nos 1a, 1b, 2a, 8a and 2-32 (consec), Sollershott Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9707 / 51°58'14"N

Longitude: -0.2314 / 0°13'53"W

OS Eastings: 521590

OS Northings: 231724

OS Grid: TL215317

Mapcode National: GBR J72.GB0

Mapcode Global: VHGNL.YQ1M

Plus Code: 9C3XXQC9+7C

Entry Name: Club House, Flat Nos 1a, 1b, 2a, 8a and 2-32 (consec), Sollershott Hall

Listing Date: 7 September 1979

Last Amended: 11 February 1980

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1102816

English Heritage Legacy ID: 161909

ID on this website: 101102816

Location: Letchworth, North Hertfordshire, SG6

County: Hertfordshire

District: North Hertfordshire

Electoral Ward/Division: Letchworth South West

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Letchworth Garden City

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Letchworth

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 July 2024 to amend the address and to reformat the text to current standards.

TL 2131 NE
11/133

SOLLERSHOTT EAST (south side)
Club House, Flat Nos 1a, 1b, 2a, 8a and 2-32 (consec) Sollershott Hall

(Formerly listed Club House, Flat Nos 1a, 1b, 2a, 8a and 2-32 (even) Sollershott Hall,
previously listed as Nos 1 to 32 (consec) Sollershott Hall))

II
1911 by H Clapham Lander. Built as 'Holmsgarth', the Letchworth Co-operative Houses, an experiment promoted by Ebenezer Howard as a means of providing co-operative living for professional people. A quadrangle of flats and houses was originally planned, but only the first two phases were completed. Ebenezer Howard lived at Holmsgarth from 1911 until 1920.

North west front facing Broadway Circus of two storeys with prominent central feature comprising three storeys, twin gabled centre flanked by towers with concave pyramidical
roofs. Tiled roofs with brick stacks. Roughcast wall with brick ground floor, centre with brick ground and first floors. Brick pilaster strips to quoins of towers. Two- and three-light casement windows with tile labels continued to form strings. Ground floor windows of centre with round-arched heads. Main entrance with side lights and hood carried on cut brackets. The range is linked at the rear by glazed covered ways to two storey terraces and flats around a quadrangle.

Listing NGR: TL2159031724

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