# Entries in the Romford Garden Suburb exhibition

There were over 140 entries in the Romford Garden Suburb exhibition, that took place in 1911 in Gidea Park, Romford, now in the London Borough of Havering. Each house had its own designer, who were either of national or local acclaim, with, on occasion, several dwellings being designed by a single architect. The object of the new suburb, which was built on land belonging to Gidea Hall, then occupied by the Liberal Member of parliament, Herbert Raphael, was, according to his liberal parliamentary colleague John Burns, to "provide families with a well-built, modern home regardless of class or status" and "to bring the towns into the country and the country into the towns".
One hundred architects and urban planners took part in the Romford development, including William Curtis Green, Philip Tilden, Raymond Unwin, Richard Barry Parker, and Baillie Scott. The exhibition opened in the Spring of 1911, and with it came the establishment of several roads, including Balgores Lane, Crossways, Heath Drive, Heaton Grange Road, Meadway, Parkway, Reed Pond Walk, Risebridge Road, and Squirrels Heath Avenue. Of the 140 houses built in 1911, six were designated as Grade II listed buildings by Historic England.

## Entries

| Grade | Explanation of the Grade II listed designation |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest; 91.7% of all listed buildings are in this class and it is the most likely grade of listing for a home owner. |
| Plot number | Road | Architect | Builder | Class |
| 1003 | Balgores Lane | T. Gerard Davidson | J. Smith & Sons, Ltd. | Class II |
| 1006 | Balgores Lane | G. Berkeley Willis | Y. J. Lovell & Sons | Class II |
| 1007 | Balgores Lane | C. A. Lewin | C. A. Lewin & Sons | Class I |
| 1008 | Balgores Lane | Herbert J. Axten | J. D. Hay | Class I |
| 1012 | Balgores Lane | A. F. C. Bentley | H. Butcher & Sons | Class I |
| 1015 | Balgores Lane | Spencer Murch | J. Mills | Class I |
| 1016 | Balgores Lane | K. D. Young & H. Hall | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 1017 | Balgores Lane | K. D. Young & H. Hall | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 1024 | Balgores Lane | J. D. Mathews & H. Mathews | Bull & Esdaile | Class I |
| 27 | Crossways | May & Perrin | Mattock & Parsons | Class II |
| 19 | Heath Drive | Johnson & Boddy | Y. J. Lovell & Son | Not for competition |
| 20 | Heath Drive | Johnson & Boddy | Y. J. Lovell & Son | Not for competition |
| 21 | Heath Drive | Johnson & Boddy | Y. J. Lovell & Son | Not for competition |
| 39 | Heath Drive | C. Quaife May | W. F. Blah Ltd. | Class I |
| 40 | Heath Drive | R. Bennett & B. Wilson Bidwell | Jeffs Bros. | Class I |
| 41 | Heath Drive | Richard Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin | Dowsing & Davis | Not for competition |
| 42 | Heath Drive | E. Turner Powell | F. Rider & Son | Not for competition |
| 43 | Heath Drive | William Curtis Green | Faulkner & Son | Class I |
| 44 | Heath Drive | A. E. Sawday | Y. J. Lovell & Sons. | Class I |
| 45 | Heath Drive | Ronald P. Jones | J. A. Hunt | Not for competition |
| 46 | Heath Drive | Ronald P. Jones | J. A. Hunt | Not for competition |
| 47 | Heath Drive | Ronald P. Jones | J. A. Hunt | Not for competition |
| 48 | Heath Drive | Ronald P. Jones | J. A. Hunt | Not for competition |
| 49 | Heath Drive | William Stewart | Partridge Brothers | Class I |
| 57 | Heath Drive | G. L. Pepler & E. J. Allen | Grace & Marsh | Class I |
| 348 | Heaton Grange Road | Stanley P. Schooling | Dowsing & Davis | Class I |
| 256 | Meadway | Fair & Myer | Jones & Andrews | Class II |
| 257 | Meadway | Gripper & Stevenson | A. Harris | Class II |
| 258 | Meadway | Johnson & Boddy | Y. J. Lovell & Son. | Class II |
| 259 | Meadway | T. Gordon Jackson | W. Hunnable | Class II |
| 260 | Meadway | Norman Jewson | G. E. Hough & Co. | Class II |
| 261 | Meadway | Buckland & Farmer | W. Moss & Sons. | Class II |
| 262 | Meadway | Buckland & Farmer | W. Moss & Sons. | Class II |
| 263 | Meadway | Philip Tilden | W. Hunnable | Class II |
| 264 | Meadway | C. H. Rose | G.E. Hough & Co. | Class II |
| 265 | Meadway | A. P. Starkey | W. Maxey & Son | Class II |
| 266 | Meadway | Arthur H. Moore | J. Butterfield | Class II |
| 267 | Meadway | E. C. P. Monson | Finsbury Pavement House | Not for competition |
| 268 | Meadway | H. T. B. Spencer | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 269 | Meadway | Cecil H. Hignett | H. Hurst | Class II |
| 270 | Meadway | A. L. Favell | Parkin, Bailey & Coates | Class II |
| 271 | Meadway | R. Bennett & B. Wilson Bidwell | Jeffs Bros. | Class II |
| 272 | Meadway | C. M. Crickmer | Mattock & Parsons | Class II |
| 273 | Meadway | C. M. Crickmer | H. Hurst | Class II |
| 274 | Meadway | William Curtis Green | Faulkner & Son. | Class II |
| 275 | Meadway | Harold Kennard & Cox | Hammond & Myles | Class II |
| 276 | Meadway | G. H. Barrowcliff & E. T. Allcock | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 277 | Meadway | Burgess & Myres | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 278 | Meadway | Robert van 't Hoff & Maxwell | Y. J. Lovell & Son | Class II |
| 279 | Meadway | T. Thrwhitt | W. Hunnable | Class II |
| 280 | Meadway | Reginald T. Longden | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 281 | Meadway | C. A. Lewin | A. Lewin & Son | Class II |
| 282 | Meadway | Ernest Willmott | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 283 | Meadway | Hobbs & Gale | Adamson & Son | Class II |
| 284 | Meadway | Hastwell Grayson | W. J. Lovell & Sons | Class II |
| 286 | Meadway | Lionel F. Crane | W. Hunnable | Class II |
| 287 | Meadway | Jones, Phillips & Whitby | H. Hurst | Class II |
| 288 | Meadway | Percy Houfton | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 290 | Meadway | Burgess & Myres | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 291 | Meadway | Herbert A. Welch | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 199 | Parkway | Reginald T. Longden | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 200 | Parkway | Theodore Gregg | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 201 | Parkway | Forbes & Tate | King & Sons | Class I |
| 202 | Parkway | Fair & Myer | Jones & Andrews | Class I |
| 203 | Parkway | D. Bamford & Aitken | Jones & Andrews | Class I |
| 204 | Parkway | S. Warwick | H. A. Hall | Class I |
| 205 | Parkway | C. Quaife May | W. Blay, Ltd. | Class I |
| 206 | Parkway | R. L. Wall | Allen Bros. | Class I |
| 207 | Parkway | S. B. K. Caulfield | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 208 | Parkway | Geoffry Lucas | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 209 | Parkway | S. B. K. Caulfield | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 210 | Parkway | Burges & Myres | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 211 | Parkway | Burges & Myres | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 212 | Parkway | T. Gordon Jackson | W. Hunnable | Class I |
| 213 | Parkway | Alfred Cox | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 329 | Parkway | Michael Bunney & Clifford Makins | W. M. Moss & Sons, Ltd | Not for competition |
| 332 | Parkway | P. Cart de Lafontaine | J. D. Hey | Class I |
| 337 | Parkway | Frank Nicholls | J.& J. Dean | Class I |
| 214 | Reed Pond Walk | Joseph Seddon | John Long | Class I |
| 215 | Reed Pond Walk | S. B. K. Caulfield | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 216 | Reed Pond Walk | R. Annan | H. R. Horsey | Class I |
| 217 | Reed Pond Walk | Mauchlen & Weightman | Isaac Bewley | Class I |
| 218 | Reed Pond Walk | E. J. May | W. F. Blay | Not for competition |
| 219 | Reed Pond Walk | H. Townsend Morgan | W. Moss & Son | Class I |
| 220 | Reed Pond Walk | Jones, Phillips, & Whitby | H. Hurst | Class I |
| 221 | Reed Pond Walk | T. E. Legg | Shepherd Bros | Class I |
| 222 | Reed Pond Walk | F Endel Rosser | W. J. Lovell & Son | Class I |
| 226 | Reed Pond Walk | T. Millwood Wilson | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 227 | Reed Pond Walk | C. M. Crickmer | Mattock & Parsons | Class I |
| 228 | Reed Pond Walk | C. M. Crickmer | H. Hurst | Class I |
| 229 | Reed Pond Walk | Cecil A. Sharp | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 230 | Reed Pond Walk | Charles W. Yates & C. R. Merrison | H. Butcher & Sons | Class I |
| 231 | Reed Pond Walk | Baillie Scott | W. Maxey & Son | Class I |
| 232 | Reed Pond Walk | Baillie Scott | W. Maxey & Son | Class I |
| 233 | Reed Pond Walk | T. R. Bridson | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 234 | Reed Pond Walk | Fyvie & Wilson | F. Millar Noble | Class I |
| 235 | Reed Pond Walk | W. W. Scott Moncrieff | W. F. Blay Ltd. | Class I |
| 236 | Reed Pond Walk | Frank Foster | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 237 | Reed Pond Walk | A. Randall Wells | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 238 | Reed Pond Walk | M. S. Briggs & C. H. Rose | Foster & Dicksee | Class I |
| 239 | Reed Pond Walk | Richard Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin | H. Hurst | Class I |
| 240 | Reed Pond Walk | Reginald T. Longden | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 241 | Reed Pond Walk | Edwin Gunn | F. W. Jarvis | Class I |
| 242 | Reed Pond Walk | Ernest G. Theakston | F. W. Jarvis | Class I |
| 243 | Reed Pond Walk | Gripper & Stevenson | A. Harris | Class I |
| 244 | Reed Pond Walk | Clough Williams-Ellis | Allen Bros | Class I |
| 245 | Reed Pond Walk | Buckland & Farmer | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 246 | Reed Pond Walk | Buckland & Farmer | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 248 | Reed Pond Walk | Reginald T. Longden | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 249 | Reed Pond Walk | Newton & Youngman | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 251 | Reed Pond Walk | F. Smith Coldwell | W. Hunnable | Class I |
| 252 | Reed Pond Walk | John H. Curry | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 253 | Reed Pond Walk | Not stated | Vail & Shore | Not in competition |
| 254 | Reed Pond Walk | T. E. Eccles | G. E. Hough & Co | Class I |
| 255 | Reed Pond Walk | Herbert A. Welch | Henry Lovatt Ltd | Class I |
| 294 | Risebridge Road | Mauchlen & Weightman | Isaac Bewley | Class II |
| 295 | Risebridge Road | T. D'Oyly Bulkeley | H. Butcher & Son | Class II |
| 296 | Risebridge Road | Edgar Bunce | W. Moss & Son | Class II |
| 297 | Risebridge Road | Joseph Seddon | John Long | Class II |
| 298 | Risebridge Road | E. R. Danford | G. F. Sharman | Class II |
| 299 | Risebridge Road | Harry E. Rider | W. J. Fryer & Co | Class II |
| 300 | Risebridge Road | Charles Spooner | Dowsing & Davis | Not in competition |
| 301 | Risebridge Road | H. S. East | W. Moss & Sons | Class II |
| 302 | Risebridge Road | Charles W. Yates | H. Butcher & Sons | Class II |
| 304 | Risebridge Road | A. Reynolds Chard | R. J. Truscott | Class II |
| 305 | Risebridge Road | Frank Sherrin | J. Brown & Son | Class II |
| 309 | Risebridge Road | F. Osler | H. Butcher & Son | Class I |
| 310 | Risebridge Road | H. T. B. Spencer | W. Moss & Sons | Class I |
| 312 | Risebridge Road | E. R. Danford | G. F. Sharman | Class I |
| 314 | Risebridge Road | Walter Gray Ross | G. E. Hough & Co | Class II |
| 316 | Risebridge Road | Gripper & Stevenson | A. Harris | Class II |
| 317 | Risebridge Road | Norman Hick | Butcher & Sons | Class II |
| 319 | Risebridge Road | Robert F. Hodges | Henry Lovatt | Class II |
| 320 | Risebridge Road | S. E. Tarrant | Shepherd Bros | Class II |
| 321 | Risebridge Road | W. W. Scott Moncrieff | W. F. Blay Ltd | Class II |
| 322 | Risebridge Road | Gripper & Stevenson | A. Harris | Class II |
| 324 | Risebridge Road | G. Gordon Samsung | Vail & Shore | Class II |
| 326 | Risebridge Road | Bamford & Aitken | Y. T. Lovell & Son | Class II |
| 327 | Risebridge Road | J. Myrtle Smith | P. R. Paul | Class II |
| 1046 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Ernest Willmott | W. Moss & Son | Class I |
| 1047 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Ernest J. Mager | Jas. Smith & Sons, Ltd | Class I |
| 1048 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Ernest J. Mager | Jas. Smith & Sons, Ltd | Class I |
| 1049–1054 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | C. R. Ashbee; Gripper & Stevenson | R. Emmott | Not in competition |
| 1068–1073 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | C. R. Ashbee; Gripper & Stevenson | R. Emmott | Not in competition |
| 1089 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Gripper & Stevenson | W. Emmott | Class II |
| 1090 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Gripper & Stevenson | W. Emmott | Class I |
| 1091 | Squirrels Heath Avenue | Gripper & Stevenson | W. Emmott | Class I |
Note: The source for this list is The Book of the Exhibition of Houses and Cottages, Romford Garden Suburb, Gidea Park, pp. 61–144.