lic nature, A special Act of Parliamen obtained in order to give
greater the sion to make a road of length not exceeding
500 feet and 'width not ess than 20 feet.
hou
by using 20 foot roads, with metalling 13 or 14 feet, which are practic
ally carriage drives to groups of houses, seclusion is greatly enhanc-
width ard constm
of roads, the principal
giving access to a group of
roviding the houses on either side were 50 feet apart. Thus
In order to compensate for these concessions, the Trust undertook
ed.
to limit the average nunber of hous es to the acre on the average over
the whole estate to 8. The possession of this Act has been of the
greatest service in carrying out many of the most characteristic feat-
ures of the Suburb.
The architects of the Trust also exercise the necessary autocratic
authority on the design and character of houses which are to be built
on the estate. The estate at first was developed by individual effort,
principally along Hampstead Way, but at present it is practically in
the hands of four organizations: The Hampstead Tenants Ltd., the Second
Hampstead Tenants, Ltd., the Third Hamps tead, Tenants, L td., and the
Garden Suburb Development Company (Hampstead), Ttd.
are co-partnership societies affiliated to the Co-partnership Tenants,
Ltd.
pleted its buildings, owning in 1910 239 houses, 54 small "ce-partner-
ship homes", while 15 more houses, one block of shops, flats, and a soc
ial club were near completion.The estimated value of their lands and
buildings at the close of 1909 was 120,000. The Second Hampstead
Tenants, registered in April, 1909, will eventually be larger than the
first; it has taken 40 acres, and it will cpen 400 houses when complete
Five and a half acres face the Heath extension in Hampstead way, 26
acres on the Finchley side of the estate, and 8 and a half acres around
the Central Square. The Thira Hampstead Tenants was formed in 1910.
The other developnent a gency is a limited company which undertakes
to develop the estate in such a way that, while building houses for in-
dividuals, at the sane time it keeps an eye on the general effect of
the street or square.
anynsort of continuity of effect is to be aimed at and if different
architects are to be employed.
its staff sone of the best donestic architecss in the country, so that
though their designs may be individual, there is a possibility of just
that amount of control which is absolutely essential to suburban devel-
opment.
for clients, who choose their own architects from a list.
possesses a large number of designs from which a houge-builder can
choose.
amount of Work in the hands of one contractor it can obtein a very much
lower quotation than a private individual could obtain for his single
house.
months had built and sold houses to the value of h 46,500.
power to assist in laying out and developing other suburbs.
The 1irst three
The Hampstead Tenants, registered in 1907, has practically com-
Some such organizati.on as this is necessary if
The Develcpment Company itself has on
The company does not necessarily own lands, but builds houses
It also
Ano ther advantage is that by being ahle to place a large
The company be gan building operations in March, 1908, and in 12
It has also
Statement from "The Town Planning Review", April 1910.
