Site of 20th century house, 39 Tilbury Road (EHER 80075)

This is the site of 39 Tilbury Road, one of the Land Settlement Association houses built in Tilbury-iuxta-Clare between 1937 and 1938, which was recorded before its planned demolition.

Building Report. February 2016. 39 Tilbury Road was one of about eight three-bedroom dwellings built by the LSA on the east side of Tilbury Road, built on a plot of 7.45 acres, which was average for the three bed houses. The Land Settlement Association (LSA) was a government scheme set up with the support of the Plunkett Foundation and Carnegie Trust in 1934 to provide work and opportunities for unemployed industrial workers. At some time, probably in the 1960s or 1970s, the house was improved, the first floor accommodation being enlarged, and a lean-to porch, now divided into two lobbies, added to the entrance. The roof was remodelled, the hips replaced with gables, and a large dormer or gable formed on the west side facing the road to make the bedrooms more spacious. At the south-east corner, a lean to greenhouse has been attached to the house, whilst on the north side, enclosing the entrance, there is a lightweight wooden conservatory clad with corrugated polycarbonate, now in a dilapidated condition. In addition to the house there are a large group of outbuildings to the north of the house, these were provided by LSA for smallholding. They include a barn, later lean-tos, a small shed used as a workshop and further from the house, two large sheds. <1>