Place    From 1907 

Hampstead Garden Suburb

Categories: Architecture, Property

Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and elderly, gardens with hedges, not walls, noise limited, shops etc. kept to the boundary and sales of alcohol prohibited. She chose Raymond Unwin to plan the estate and Edwin Lutyens as consulting architect.
On the picture source website the map is interactive, but visit external site for everything you need about the suburb. It is here we learn that "Lutyens' sketch for the landscaping was, as Dame Henrietta recalls, dashed off in a letter from Marseilles when he was en route for Delhi. At the western end of the Avenue is Lutyens' memorial to the Dame herself, a kind of classical wellhead." It is rumoured that Lutyens found Dame Henrietta a difficult client, and that he saw the Delhi commission as an escape from HGS. But perhaps he enjoyed designing her memorial.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hampstead Garden Suburb

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First house tree

October 2nd 1907. This tree was planted by Mrs Barnett on the occasion of th...

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First two houses on HGS

On 2 May 1907 Henrietta Barnett cut the first sod here. The ceremony involve...

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Hampstead Garden Suburb Jubilee

This stone was unveiled by Her Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret on 2nd J...

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Henrietta Barnett monument

Unveiled 17 July 1937.

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Henrietta Barnett plaque

Prior to the death of her husband in 1913, Dame Henrietta Barnett had been li...

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Adams, Holden and Pearson

Adams, Holden and Pearson

Architectural partnership. 1899 Charles Holden joined H. Percy Adams' practice and became a partner in 1907. In 1913 Lionel Pearson became a partner. Their designs include 55 Broadway, the headquar...

Group, Architecture

5 memorials
Merton Place

Merton Place

Country house, built about 1750 for Henry Pratt. Lord Nelson arrived here in 1801 after his separation from his wife Fanny.  In his time the grounds were extensive, a quarter square mile.  He used ...

Building, Architecture

2 memorials
Halsey Ricardo

Halsey Ricardo

Architect in the Arts and Crafts style, and designer. Born Bath. Worked for 10 years with William de Morgan and specialised in using glazed materials. Work in London includes: Debenham (or Peacock)...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Robert Banks-Martin

Robert Banks-Martin

Architect and East Ham Mayor, 1914-18. Born Norfolk. He visited troops from East Ham on the western front.

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Davis & Emanuel

Davis & Emanuel

Architects active in 1882 and 1895.

Group, Architecture

2 memorials