ALAN CASH - web pages
Collection of books on Welwyn Garden City
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ALAN CASH - web pages Collection of books on Welwyn Garden City |
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* The title page of my copy originally had Crosby Lockwood & Son as the publisher, but this name has been pasted over with a slip which says The Technical Press Ltd. The hardback cover also has Technical Press on it. My copy is described as "Popular Edition" on the title page. I was lucky to get this book for £18.35 including postage. Copies I have seen lately go for well over £100.
There are 6 chapters (37 pages) of information of interest to architects under the following headings:
Following this are 102 pages (on glossy paper) containing 140 black and white plates. Most of these plates are very fine photographs of buildings. Some are plans. They comprise:
| Dover | 6 plates |
| Folkestone | 6 plates |
| Shepherd's Bush | 6 plates |
| Ruislip - Northwood | 9 plates |
| Welwyn Garden City | 25 plates |
| Wembley | 3 plates |
| Dormanstown | 10 plates |
| Kennington | 5 plates |
| Winchester | 6 plates |
| Earswick (York) | 6 plates |
| Banbury | 7 plates |
| Swanpool (Lincoln) | 13 plates |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 plates |
| North Wales | 2 plates |
| Sutton Bridge | 2 plates |
| Rawcliffe (West Riding) | 1 plate |
| Holland | 8 plates |
| Sweden | 7 plates |
| Denmark | 7 plates |
| Detail Drawings | 8 plates |
Following the plates there is an Appendix on ordinary paper (56 pages) entitled:
A group of Fourteen Cottages at Welwyn Garden City.
The fourteen cottages were to be erected in a close on the North-East side of High Oaks Road. The design was by Hennell and James, Architects of Russell Square, London. I think the close is Brockett Close which is opposite Mannicotts.
Within this appendix are 6 plans (on fine paper) some large size pull-out sheets, followed by Specification of Works (19 pages) and Bill of Quantities (31 pages).
Finally, after the appendix are 24 pages (on glossy paper) of architect-related advertisements.
The Welwyn Garden City plates are below. In some of them the tracks for the light railway used to transport building materials can be seen.
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Houses at Welwyn Garden City. (click image to enlarge) |
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Pair of parlour cottages (click image to enlarge) |
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Detail of doorway (click image to enlarge) |
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A close of Mansard-roofed houses (click image to enlarge) |
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Cottages for the Welwyn Rural District Council (click image to enlarge) |
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Part of the scheme for the Welwyn Rural District Council (click image to enlarge) |
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Plans of cottages. (click image to enlarge) |
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A close of cottages. (click image to enlarge) |
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Detail of doorway (click image to enlarge) |
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A close of twelve houses (click image to enlarge) |
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Dellcot Close. (click image to enlarge) |
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A view of Dellcot Close (click image to enlarge) |
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Another view of Dellcot Close. (click image to enlarge) |
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Pair of non-parlour cottages (click image to enlarge) |
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A group of four cottages for a public utility society (click image to enlarge) |
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A group of four cottages for a public utility society. (click image to enlarge) |
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Elm weather boarding with bricks made on the estate
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Elm weather boarding with bricks made on the estate (click image to enlarge) |
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A detail (click image to enlarge) |
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Two detached cottages linked by outbuildings (click image to enlarge) |
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Detached cottage of the non-parlour type (click image to enlarge) |
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Detail of a doorway (click image to enlarge) |
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Two pairs of cottages for a public utility society (click image to enlarge) |
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Four-bedroom houses. (click image to enlarge) |
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Cottages of the non-parlour type (click image to enlarge) |
Finally, some interesting advertisements from the back of the book.
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Plasterboard. Apparently the joins were originally (click image to enlarge) |
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Boiler and water heater (click image to enlarge) |
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Bath combined with basin for plebs - that's me (click image to enlarge) |