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the remainder face Tomswood Hill and Fencepiece Road respectively.
There are two types of houses on this scheme: "A"
type, with living room, scullery and three bedrooms; and "B"
type, with living room, parlour, scullery and three bedrooms. Of
the former there are 44, the latter making up the balance.
All the houses are provided with bath rooms and one water
closet, and in the majority of cases the latter are detached from
the bath rooms. The "A" type houses have the water closet
outside, opening off a porch, while in the "B" type they are all
placed on the first floor. In the "B" type semi-detached houses
the staircase and first floor landings are provided with windows
for light and ventilation, but in the terrace houses of this type
and all "A" type houses, light and ventilation to stairs and
landings are obtained by means of skylights with opening gearCareful
consideration has also been given to the position of larders;
in most cases they are placed on the north or east side of
the house, but in two cases this was found to be impossible, and
other means were adopted to prevent the penetration of the sun's
rays. Two blocks, one of 2, and one of have been built of concrete
blocks and the roofs covered with tiles, while all the other
houses have brick walls, roughcast outside, and the roofs slated.
1 he direct labour and concrete houses have wooden casements,
but all the others have steel. In the cenltre of the scheme is a
small open space for recreation of about half an acre in extent, to
which most of the houses have access through back gates.
The drainage generally is being carried out by two distinct
systems for the soil and rain water, made to discharge into the
existing sewers at Tomswood Hill and Fencepiece Road. Ample
manholes are being dispersed throughout the soil drainage to
enable the quick removal of any stoppage which may occur, and
all soil pipes are carried up above eaves for ventilation.
The Horns Road Scheme is being carried out on a site 24.537
acres, bounded on the west by Horns Road, opposite to Dr.
Barnardo's Girls' Homes, and extends in an easterly direction to
the Great Eastern Railway at Barkingside Station, The ultimate