42 Parkway, Gidea Park, Romford,

The special feature in this House is a large Living Room, 24 feet long, with beamed ceiling and ingle nook. The Dining Room is a comfortable size, and the Kitchen and Offices are very complete, being so arranged that the tradesmen do not have to go into the back garden to get to the back door. In designing the bedrooms, special care has been taken in planning the position of doors and windows, so that the beds and furniture can be properly arranged, as shown on the plan. All the fireplaces have hearth fires, and have been specially designed. Externally, the walls are faced with brindled purple stocks, and the roofs are boarded and covered with red hand-made tiles. All the outside walls are built with a non-conducting interior air space, to insure warmth and dryness [“The Hundred Best Houses – the book of the House and Cottage Exhibition 1911.”]

Reference    Pevsner: London/East 2005 (page 206)
Reference    “The Hundred Best Houses – the book of the House and Cottage Exhibition 1911” published for the Exhibition Committee, 1911