Description

TL 72 SE CRESSING ROAD
BRAINTREE
691/8/1
Nos. 156 and 158

II

Pair of cottages 1918 by C H B Quennell and W F Crittall. Concrete block construction painted. Flat roof. Each two storeys, 2 windows wide with outer bay recessed. Windows square headed with replacement metal frames and chevron pattern to lintel. Entrances in recessed porches now enclosed. Moulded cornice and parapet.
Original show houses, built by Crittalls Manufacturing Company to demonstrate use of modular system of concrete block construction in response to need for cheap housing after First World War.
Architectural Review January -June 1919 page 64-6.
An Example of Unit Building carried out by the Crittall Manufacturing Company at Braintree Essex. Prospectus to original show home 1918

Listing NGR: TL7701823011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622650

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