Experimental concrete houses for coal miners by architect Sir Tudor Walters
Location/Address
18-24 Paxton Avenue
Carcroft
Doncaster,
DN6 8EG
Type
Description
18-24 Paxton Avenue, Carcroft, Doncaster (4 individual dwellings)
Prototype example of the use of Winget Ltd moulded concrete block construction, 1920. Single terrace of 4 properties built (others in the scheme were brick built). Used as an example in Winget Ltd promotional material as a proposed solution to a national shortage of bricks following the First World War.
Architect was Sir Tudor Walters MP, and this was part of a scheme for 200 identical houses built in Carcroft for the Bullcroft Housing Association in 1920. Sir Tudor Walters was commissioned by the Government to produce the 1918 Tudor Walters Report, which ultimately created the 1919 Addison Act enabling local authorities to construct council housing. Tudor Walters was a colleague of Sir Arthur Markham MP who had various interests in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, including Bullcroft Main Collieries Ltd where the Markham family were major shareholders. They hired Sir Tudor Walters to design and build 200 new houses for their workforce. This scheme is unusual in that the plan was abandoned and the other 196 houses in this development featured traditional brick construction.
For more information see Fordham D (2021) Tracking down the concrete cottages. Trust Topics 73 (Doncaster Civic Trust Newsletter)
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Buildings - used in promotional material as a proposed example to solve a 1920s housing crisis in the provision of working class housing.Age
1920.Rarity
Unusual example of alternative construction to traditional bricks.Architectural and Artistic Interest
Architect Sir Tudor Walters was active in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and was Liberal MP for Sheffield Brightside (1906-1922)Historic Interest
Buildings used in promotional material as a proposed example to solve a 1920s housing crisis in the provision of working class housing. Part of a scheme of 200 houses for the Bullcroft Housing Association Ltd, a public utility society established by Bullcroft Main Collieries Ltd.Images and Documents
Date Listed
14 Aug 2023
Last Updated
23 May 2023
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