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Grove Park Development Houses
File
176 drawings : 28 ink on linen, 11 ink on paper, 86 pencil on paper, 51 blueprints
4 photographs
File consists of architectural drawings for urban houses (Type A-A: semi-detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 6 bedrooms; Type B: semi-detached, basement, 2 floors, 3 bedrooms, 1 servant's room; Type C: semi-detached, basement, 2 floors, 4 bedrooms, 1 servant's room; brick; composite) and photographs of finished exteriors. Drawings include:
2 survey drawings: block plan, site plan
33 development drawings: site plan, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, section, exterior perspectives
57 working drawings: floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections
71 detail drawings: elevation, shutters, chimney heads, doors, fireplaces, eaves, dormers, staircase, verandahs, windows, stairs, garages, room interiors, chimney, lavatory, gablet, railing, entrance, lighting, woodwork (including trims, panel, fittings, fence, hood, porch), stonework (including steps, plinths, entrance door), plaster cornices
13 consultant drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations
This group of houses “reflect the turn- of- the -century domestic architectural trend prevalent in England. These clustered homes also echoed Nobb’s belief that, apart from facilitating aesthetic harmony in a residential enclave, groups of dwellings have an added benefit derived from economics. He argued, for example, that there is a substantial saving in building forty houses together, as against forty houses, one by one.” --Norbert Schoenauer, “Percy Erskine Nobbs: Teacher and Builder of Architecture,” Fontanus: from the Collections of McGill University 7 (1996) : 53. --