Entries in the Romford Garden Suburb exhibition

There were over 140 entries in the Romford Garden Suburb exhibition, that took place in 1911 in Gidea Park, Romford, now in the London Borough of Havering. Each house had its own designer, who were either of national or local acclaim, with, on occasion, several dwellings being designed by a single architect. The object of the new suburb, which was built on land belonging to Gidea Hall, then occupied by the Liberal Member of parliament, Herbert Raphael, was, according to his liberal parliamentary colleague John Burns, to "provide families with a well-built, modern home regardless of class or status" and "to bring the towns into the country and the country into the towns".

One hundred architects and urban planners took part in the Romford development,[1] including William Curtis Green, Philip Tilden, Raymond Unwin, Richard Barry Parker, and Baillie Scott.[2] The exhibition opened in the Spring of 1911, and with it came the establishment of several roads, including Balgores Lane, Crossways, Heath Drive, Heaton Grange Road, Meadway, Parkway, Reed Pond Walk, Risebridge Road, and Squirrels Heath Avenue. Of the 140 houses built in 1911, six were designated as Grade II listed buildings by Historic England.

Entries

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Grade Explanation of the Grade II listed designation[3]
II Buildings of national importance and special interest; 91.7% of all listed buildings are in this class and it is the most likely grade of listing for a home owner.
Plot number Road Architect Builder Class Image
1003 Balgores Lane T. Gerard Davidson J. Smith & Sons, Ltd. Class II  
1006 Balgores Lane G. Berkeley Willis Y. J. Lovell & Sons Class II  
1007 Balgores Lane C. A. Lewin C. A. Lewin & Sons Class I  
1008 Balgores Lane Herbert J. Axten J. D. Hay Class I  
1012 Balgores Lane A. F. C. Bentley H. Butcher & Sons Class I  
1015 Balgores Lane Spencer Murch J. Mills Class I  
1016 Balgores Lane K. D. Young & H. Hall W. Moss & Sons Class I  
1017 Balgores Lane K. D. Young & H. Hall W. Moss & Sons Class I  
1024 Balgores Lane J. D. Mathews & H. Mathews Bull & Esdaile Class I  
27 Crossways May & Perrin Mattock & Parsons Class II  
19 Heath Drive Johnson & Boddy Y. J. Lovell & Son Not for competition  
20 Heath Drive Johnson & Boddy Y. J. Lovell & Son Not for competition
21 Heath Drive Johnson & Boddy Y. J. Lovell & Son Not for competition
39 Heath Drive C. Quaife May W. F. Blah Ltd. Class I  
40 Heath Drive R. Bennett & B. Wilson Bidwell Jeffs Bros. Class I  
41 Heath Drive Richard Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin Dowsing & Davis Not for competition  
42 Heath Drive E. Turner Powell F. Rider & Son Not for competition  
43 Heath Drive William Curtis Green Faulkner & Son Class I  
44 Heath Drive A. E. Sawday Y. J. Lovell & Sons. Class I  
45 Heath Drive Ronald P. Jones J. A. Hunt Not for competition  
46 Heath Drive Ronald P. Jones J. A. Hunt Not for competition  
47 Heath Drive Ronald P. Jones J. A. Hunt Not for competition  
48 Heath Drive Ronald P. Jones J. A. Hunt Not for competition  
49 Heath Drive William Stewart Partridge Brothers Class I  
57 Heath Drive G. L. Pepler & E. J. Allen Grace & Marsh Class I  
348 Heaton Grange Road Stanley P. Schooling Dowsing & Davis Class I  
256 Meadway Fair & Myer Jones & Andrews Class II  
257 Meadway Gripper & Stevenson A. Harris Class II  
258 Meadway Johnson & Boddy Y. J. Lovell & Son. Class II  
259 Meadway T. Gordon Jackson W. Hunnable Class II  
260 Meadway Norman Jewson G. E. Hough & Co. Class II  
261 Meadway Buckland & Farmer W. Moss & Sons. Class II  
262 Meadway Buckland & Farmer W. Moss & Sons. Class II  
263 Meadway Philip Tilden W. Hunnable Class II  
264 Meadway C. H. Rose G.E. Hough & Co. Class II  
265 Meadway A. P. Starkey W. Maxey & Son Class II  
266 Meadway Arthur H. Moore J. Butterfield Class II  
267 Meadway E. C. P. Monson Finsbury Pavement House Not for competition  
268 Meadway H. T. B. Spencer W. Moss & Sons Class II  
269 Meadway Cecil H. Hignett H. Hurst Class II  
270 Meadway A. L. Favell Parkin, Bailey & Coates Class II  
271 Meadway R. Bennett & B. Wilson Bidwell Jeffs Bros. Class II  
272 Meadway C. M. Crickmer Mattock & Parsons Class II  
273 Meadway C. M. Crickmer H. Hurst Class II  
274 Meadway William Curtis Green Faulkner & Son. Class II  
275 Meadway Harold Kennard & Cox Hammond & Myles Class II  
276 Meadway G. H. Barrowcliff & E. T. Allcock W. Moss & Sons Class II  
277 Meadway Burgess & Myres W. Moss & Sons Class II  
278 Meadway Robert van 't Hoff & Maxwell Y. J. Lovell & Son Class II  
279 Meadway T. Thrwhitt W. Hunnable Class II  
280 Meadway Reginald T. Longden W. Moss & Sons Class II  
281 Meadway C. A. Lewin A. Lewin & Son Class II  
282 Meadway Ernest Willmott W. Moss & Sons Class II  
283 Meadway Hobbs & Gale Adamson & Son Class II  
284 Meadway Hastwell Grayson W. J. Lovell & Sons Class II  
286 Meadway Lionel F. Crane W. Hunnable Class II  
287 Meadway Jones, Phillips & Whitby H. Hurst Class II  
288 Meadway Percy Houfton W. Moss & Sons Class II  
290 Meadway Burgess & Myres W. Moss & Sons Class II  
291 Meadway Herbert A. Welch W. Moss & Sons Class II  
199 Parkway Reginald T. Longden W. Moss & Sons Class I  
200 Parkway Theodore Gregg W. Moss & Sons Class I  
201 Parkway Forbes & Tate King & Sons Class I  
202 Parkway Fair & Myer Jones & Andrews Class I  
203 Parkway D. Bamford & Aitken Jones & Andrews Class I  
204 Parkway S. Warwick H. A. Hall Class I  
205 Parkway C. Quaife May W. Blay, Ltd. Class I  
206 Parkway R. L. Wall Allen Bros. Class I  
207 Parkway S. B. K. Caulfield G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
208 Parkway Geoffry Lucas W. Moss & Sons Class I  
209 Parkway S. B. K. Caulfield G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
210 Parkway Burges & Myres W. Moss & Sons Class I  
211 Parkway Burges & Myres W. Moss & Sons Class I  
212 Parkway T. Gordon Jackson W. Hunnable Class I  
213 Parkway Alfred Cox G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
329 Parkway Michael Bunney & Clifford Makins W. M. Moss & Sons, Ltd Not for competition  
332 Parkway P. Cart de Lafontaine J. D. Hey Class I  
337 Parkway Frank Nicholls J.& J. Dean Class I  
214 Reed Pond Walk Joseph Seddon John Long Class I  
215 Reed Pond Walk S. B. K. Caulfield G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
216 Reed Pond Walk R. Annan H. R. Horsey Class I  
217 Reed Pond Walk Mauchlen & Weightman Isaac Bewley Class I  
218 Reed Pond Walk E. J. May W. F. Blay Not for competition  
219 Reed Pond Walk H. Townsend Morgan W. Moss & Son Class I  
220 Reed Pond Walk Jones, Phillips, & Whitby H. Hurst Class I  
221 Reed Pond Walk T. E. Legg Shepherd Bros Class I  
222 Reed Pond Walk F Endel Rosser W. J. Lovell & Son Class I  
226 Reed Pond Walk T. Millwood Wilson W. Moss & Sons Class I  
227 Reed Pond Walk C. M. Crickmer Mattock & Parsons Class I  
228 Reed Pond Walk C. M. Crickmer H. Hurst Class I  
229 Reed Pond Walk Cecil A. Sharp G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
230 Reed Pond Walk Charles W. Yates & C. R. Merrison H. Butcher & Sons Class I  
231 Reed Pond Walk Baillie Scott W. Maxey & Son Class I  
232 Reed Pond Walk Baillie Scott W. Maxey & Son Class I  
233 Reed Pond Walk T. R. Bridson W. Moss & Sons Class I  
234 Reed Pond Walk Fyvie & Wilson F. Millar Noble Class I  
235 Reed Pond Walk W. W. Scott Moncrieff W. F. Blay Ltd. Class I  
236 Reed Pond Walk Frank Foster G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
237 Reed Pond Walk A. Randall Wells W. Moss & Sons Class I  
238 Reed Pond Walk M. S. Briggs & C. H. Rose Foster & Dicksee Class I  
239 Reed Pond Walk Richard Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin H. Hurst Class I  
240 Reed Pond Walk Reginald T. Longden W. Moss & Sons Class I  
241 Reed Pond Walk Edwin Gunn F. W. Jarvis Class I  
242 Reed Pond Walk Ernest G. Theakston F. W. Jarvis Class I  
243 Reed Pond Walk Gripper & Stevenson A. Harris Class I  
244 Reed Pond Walk Clough Williams-Ellis Allen Bros Class I  
245 Reed Pond Walk Buckland & Farmer W. Moss & Sons Class I  
246 Reed Pond Walk Buckland & Farmer W. Moss & Sons Class I  
248 Reed Pond Walk Reginald T. Longden W. Moss & Sons Class II  
249 Reed Pond Walk Newton & Youngman G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
251 Reed Pond Walk F. Smith Coldwell W. Hunnable Class I  
252 Reed Pond Walk John H. Curry G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
253 Reed Pond Walk Not stated Vail & Shore Not in competition  
254 Reed Pond Walk T. E. Eccles G. E. Hough & Co Class I  
255 Reed Pond Walk Herbert A. Welch Henry Lovatt Ltd Class I  
294 Risebridge Road Mauchlen & Weightman Isaac Bewley Class II  
295 Risebridge Road T. D'Oyly Bulkeley H. Butcher & Son Class II
296 Risebridge Road Edgar Bunce W. Moss & Son Class II  
297 Risebridge Road Joseph Seddon John Long Class II  
298 Risebridge Road E. R. Danford G. F. Sharman Class II  
299 Risebridge Road Harry E. Rider W. J. Fryer & Co Class II  
300 Risebridge Road Charles Spooner Dowsing & Davis Not in competition  
301 Risebridge Road H. S. East W. Moss & Sons Class II  
302 Risebridge Road Charles W. Yates H. Butcher & Sons Class II  
304 Risebridge Road A. Reynolds Chard R. J. Truscott Class II  
305 Risebridge Road Frank Sherrin J. Brown & Son Class II  
309 Risebridge Road F. Osler H. Butcher & Son Class I  
310 Risebridge Road H. T. B. Spencer W. Moss & Sons Class I  
312 Risebridge Road E. R. Danford G. F. Sharman Class I  
314 Risebridge Road Walter Gray Ross G. E. Hough & Co Class II  
316 Risebridge Road Gripper & Stevenson A. Harris Class II
317 Risebridge Road Norman Hick Butcher & Sons Class II  
319 Risebridge Road Robert F. Hodges Henry Lovatt Class II  
320 Risebridge Road S. E. Tarrant Shepherd Bros Class II  
321 Risebridge Road W. W. Scott Moncrieff W. F. Blay Ltd Class II  
322 Risebridge Road Gripper & Stevenson A. Harris Class II  
324 Risebridge Road G. Gordon Samsung Vail & Shore Class II  
326 Risebridge Road Bamford & Aitken Y. T. Lovell & Son Class II  
327 Risebridge Road J. Myrtle Smith P. R. Paul Class II  
1046 Squirrels Heath Avenue Ernest Willmott W. Moss & Son Class I  
1047 Squirrels Heath Avenue Ernest J. Mager Jas. Smith & Sons, Ltd Class I  
1048 Squirrels Heath Avenue Ernest J. Mager Jas. Smith & Sons, Ltd Class I  
1049–1054 Squirrels Heath Avenue C. R. Ashbee; Gripper & Stevenson R. Emmott Not in competition  
1068–1073 Squirrels Heath Avenue C. R. Ashbee; Gripper & Stevenson R. Emmott Not in competition  
1089 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gripper & Stevenson W. Emmott Class II  
1090 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gripper & Stevenson W. Emmott Class I  
1091 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gripper & Stevenson W. Emmott Class I  

Note: The source for this list is The Book of the Exhibition of Houses and Cottages, Romford Garden Suburb, Gidea Park, pp. 61–144.

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