Westridge Green cottages

Catalogue No. C0324
Date 1920

Reading
Aldworth Road
Berkshire, England
RG8 9RG

Ridgeway House and Lutyens Cottage at Westridge Green are a semi-detached pair of plain brick, hipped‑roofed houses by Lutyens (1920–21) for Major Morrison of Basildon Park, with projecting wings in a simplified Neo‑Georgian style akin to the best post‑First World War council housing.

Description

At WESTRIDGE GREEN, RIDGEWAY HOUSE and LUTYENS COTTAGE, a semi-detached pair by Lutyens for Major Morrison of Basildon Park, 1920–1. Brick, plain, hipped-roofed, with projecting wings, in a simplified Neo-Georgian style reminiscent of the better post-First World War council housing. (Tyack et al, 2010, p.125)

Bibliography

Tyack G, Bradley S, Pevsner N (2010) Berkshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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