Rossall Beach cottages

Description

The commission to lay out this seaside garden village came from a surveyor, Mr T.B. Lumb, in 1901. He planned to provide a number of plots on which holiday homes could be built under the control of a consulting architect. Communal gardens, a hotel, and a church were to be provided. The plan was never realised. Only one house by Lutyens was built (for Mr Lumb), and four cottages and two lodges. (Amery et al., 1981, cat no.178)

1/22 York Cottage, Red Cottage and Mitre Cottage…Includes No 117 (Delph Cottage), Rossall Road. Four dwellings, 1901, by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Brick, rendered and whitewashed, with red tiled hipped and swept roofs. In a free version of Arts and Crafts domestic style. Group of 4 ranges of building of 2 storeys, joined at their rear corners to form a quadrangle, with central courtyard approached by arches through the north and south ranges, the 4 dwellings ingeniously disposed with their front doors in the re-entrants. The windows (all casements with leaded lights) are close to the ground on the ground floor but hug the eaves of the first floor.

Originally conceived as parts of minor elements in a comprehensive scheme for development of Rossall Beach Estate, sketched by Lutyens 1901-02. (R.I.B.A. Lut. 28/13/10: plans, sections and elevations for group of 10 cottages include end groups of 4 which match the item listed. Few other elements were executed, all in modified form by T.G. Lumb). (Historic England, list entry 1073155)

1/21 Greenside; The Rest and Ivy Cottage II…Includes No 118, Rossall Road. Four dwellings, 1901, by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Brick, rendered and whitewashed with red tiled hipped and swept roofs. In a free version of Arts and Crafts domestic style. Group of 4 ranges of building of 2 storeys, joined at their rear corners to form a quadrangle, with central courtyard approached by arches through the north and south ranges, the 4 dwellings ingeniously disposed with their front doors in the re-entrants. The windows (all casements with leaded lights) are close to the ground on the ground floor but hug the eaves of the first floor. Front door and re-entrant to Greenside, at south-west corner, now covered by large conservatory.

Originally conceived as parts of minor elements in a comprehensive scheme for development of Rossall Beach Estate, sketched by Lutyens 19O1-O2. (R.I.B.A. Lut. 28/13/1O: plans sections and elevations for group of 1O cottages include end groups of 4 which match the item listed. Few other elements were executed, all in modified form by T.G. Lumb). (Historic England, list entry 1073154)

Bibliography

Amery, C., Richardson, M. and Stamp, G. (1981) Lutyens, the Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944): Hayward Gallery London, 18 November 1981-31 January 1982. London: Arts Council of Great Britain.

Historic England. DELPH COTTAGE YORK COTTAGE, RED COTTAGE AND MITRE COTTAGE. [Online] Available from: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1073155

Historic England. GREENSIDE; THE REST AND IVY COTTAGE. [Online] Available from: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1073154

Also Cited In

Hartwell C & Pevsner N (2009) Lancashire: North. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Richardson, M. (1994) Sketches by Edwin Lutyens: Drawings from the Collection of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 1). London: Wiley.

Listing Grade

II

Listing Reference

1073155 1073154

Client

T B Lumb