Description

RIDGE ROAD
1.
5255
Birds Hill Estate
Nos 2 to 122 (even)
TL 2232 9/102-114
II GV
2.
1906 by B Parker and R Unwin. This pioneer estate was designed for the Garden
City Tenants Limited, and comprises 13 grouped terraces forming a cul-de-sac
and village green layout. One and a half storeys. Mostly one window each
with irregular frontages varied by arrangements of large and small dormers
and gables. Tiled roofs with multi-form brick stacks. The centre feature
of the village green layout is a giant gable taking up Nos 100 and 102. Roughcast
walls. Mullioned casement windows with tile labels and glazing bars (some
windows altered). Recessed entrances with arched doorways. Included as the
earliest estate layout of its type, and the prototype of all future council
house developments in the country. The concept of a village green layout was
put forward in 1898/9 and published by Parker and Unwin in "The Art of Building
a House". The Westholm scheme (qv) was also based on this idea.

Listing NGR: TL2234132798

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631097

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)