Open House Festival

The Sharing of Great Things

walk/tour

Unwin & Parker, Lutyens, Bunney, Baillie Scott and others, 1907

The Old Bull and Bush, North End Way, NW3 7HE

A walk to explore Raymond Unwin's aspirations to create a new form of town extension which encompassed the best aspects of town and country. Run by David Davidson of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. 2 of 3 tours run by the Trust.

Getting there

Tube

Golders Green

Additional travel info

Start outside the Old Bull and Bush (nearest station Golders Green tube); end at Temple Fortune House (Finchley Road).

Access

Accessibility notes

This will be a walking tour in a quiet neighbourhood.

About

The Sharing of Great Things

A walking tour exploring the older part of Hampstead Garden Suburb, which is a planned community founded in 1907 by the social reformer Henrietta Barnett. The community was built in a largely Arts & Crafts style with a great emphasis on the townscape as a whole rather than individual buildings.

Online presence

www.hgstrust.org

twitter.com/HGSTrust

Nearby

Walking tour

Homes for working women walking tour

walk/tour

Hampstead Garden Suburb was a planned community for all classes, including a growing number of single working women. On this walk we will explore the variety of housing designed specifically for women including communal living and training facilities.

Drop in

Hampstead Friends Meeting House

religious

Listed Arts and Crafts freestyle building with plain interior and many charming original features, sympathetically modernised in 1991. Entrance via listed gateway. NOTE Please wear facemasks.

Frederick Rowntree, 1907

Guided tour

1923 Northern Line Extension stations

transport

A tour that contrasts the before and after of the architecture of the 1922 Northern line extension, examining the impact on the existing terminus at Golders Green as well as the new station architectural vernacular created by Stanley Heaps

Stanley Heaps, 1923