Houses on Birds Hill, with numbers 34 and 34 in the centre

Date:
1980 - 2010
Location:
Bird's Hill, Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
Reference:
EFC01/01/05/007/22994
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The houses were built for Heatly Gresham as part of the 1905 Cheap Cottage Exhibition, at a cost of under £150 each for construction. They are known as 'Noah's Ark' cottages due to their shaped mansard roofs.

Content

This is part of the Volume: EFC01/01/05/007 Cottages; within the Sub Series: EFC01/01/05 Domestic Building Types; within the Series: EFC01/01 Series of 35mm slides; within the Collection: EFC01 Edifice Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lewis, Philippa: Edifice

Keywords

Mansard Roof, Early 20th Century House