Local Visits: The ‘Lutyens Houses’ Thornton

Date:                               03 June 2014
Place Visited:              The ‘Lutyens’ Houses, Rossall Road
When was it built?        Designed and possibly built in1901/02.
For what purpose was it built?   Residential Properties. The houses were originally intended to be part of a larger development, ‘The Rossall Beach Estate’. The plan was for 10 blocks of 4 x 2 storey houses, like those standing today. However, only these 8 were finally built by T.G. Lumb, with some modifications.

Interesting Facts

The block of 8 houses at 117 and 118 Rossall Road, to the North and South of the junction Way Gate, comprising: Ivy Cottage, Greenside & The Rest to the North and to the South, Delph Cottage, York Cottage, Red Cottage & Mitre Cottage. (See map below). The ‘Lutyens’ block to the North of Way Gate is not included.
Delph Cottage, York Cottage, Red Cottage & Mitre Cottage are ‘Listed, Grade II’, dated Aug 1983, Entry No: 1073155
Delph Cottage, 117 Rossall Rd was sold in March 2014 for £149,950
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. (Potted biog below) in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ style of Surrey barns, with features like minstrel galleries and interior courtyards. Each group of 4 houses form a quadrangle/courtyard, accessed via arches to the north and south.

The view of the Cottages from Way Gate

Lutyens:

Edwin Lanseer Lutyens (named after family friend, the artist Edwin Landseer) Born 29 March 1863
President of the Royal Academy, Knighted 1918
Designed a large number of private homes including Gertrude Jekyll’s, Munstead Wood, Godalming, Surrey.
Involved in planning of the Indian capital at Delhi. Following the style of Christopher Wren’s plan for London
One of the architects appointed to the Imperial War Graves Commission – designed the Cenotaph in London and
Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval near Arras, France
Initial design for Liverpool Catholic Cathedral but abandoned in 1941.
Died 1st January 1944, buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.