1910s workers cottages, 1-20 Springfield Cottages, Heybridge (EHER 40622)

Springfield Cottages are a group of 20 semi-detached dwellings erected on land purchased by Bentalls in 1903 to the north-west of the iron works (EHER 15304). Built around 1912 and with a distinct Arts and Craft influence, the increased specification of these cottages demonstrate that they were specifically tailored for managerial staff.

2005. Field survey. Springfield Cottages are a group of 20 semi-detached dwellings erected on land purchased by Bentalls in 1903 to the north-west of the iron works (EHER 15304). Built around 1912 and with a distinct Arts and Craft influence, the increased specification of these cottages demonstrate that they were specifically tailored for managerial staff. Each 1½ storey cottage provided three up three down levels of accommodation. They are brick built, with roughcast rendered elevations and a smooth rendered dado capped with a brick string course. The roofs are covered in plain red clay tiles and are hipped over the main part of the house with forward set asymmetrical gabled cross-wings to the end bays and catslide roofs extending down over porched entrances. Applied open-timberwork decoration is used over the porch and at apex of the gabled wings, although an alternative use of weatherboard at the apex, appears to be a later adaptation. The dormer windows are either flat or gabled (the former the original design) and in the majority of cases the original fenestration has been replaced. <1>