Totterdown Fields was the first London County Council cottage estate built between 1901 and 1911 It contained 1244 individual houses built over 38 acres (15 ha). The estate was designated a conservation area, on 19 September 1978.
| Totterdown Fields | |
|---|---|
 1913 plan of the estate | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Wandsworth, London |
| Coordinates | 51°26′13″N 0°09′45″W / 51.4370°N 0.1626°W |
| Status | conservation area (19 September 1978) |
| Area | 38 acres (15 ha) |
| No. of units | 1244 houses |
| Construction | |
| Constructed | 1901 to 1911 |
| Authority | London County Council |
| Style | Cottage Estate |
| Influence | Garden city movement, Arts and Crafts movement |
| Other information | |
| Governing body | Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group |
Context
edit| Estate name | Area | No of dwellings | Population 1938 | Population density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-1914 | ||||
| Norbury | 11 | 218 | 867 | 19.8 per acre (49/ha) |
| Old Oak | 32 | 736 | 3519 | 23 per acre (57/ha) |
| Totterdown Fields | 39 | 1262 | — | 32.4 per acre (80/ha) |
| Tower Gardens White Hart Lane |
98 | 783 | 5936 | 8 per acre (20/ha) |
| 1919–1923 | ||||
| Becontree | 2770 | 25769[a] | 115652 | 9.3 per acre (23/ha) |
| Bellingham | 252 | 2673 | 12004 | 10.6 per acre (26/ha) |
| Castelnau | 51 | 644 | 2851 | 12.6 per acre (31/ha) |
| Dover House Estate Roehampton Estate |
147 | 1212 | 5383 | 8.2 per acre (20/ha) |
| 1924–1933 | ||||
| Downham | 600 | 7096 | 30032 | 11.8 per acre (29/ha) |
| Mottingham | 202 | 2337 | 9009 | 11.6 per acre (29/ha) |
| St Helier | 825 | 9068 | 39877 | 11 per acre (27/ha) |
| Watling | 386 | 4034 | 19110 | 10.5 per acre (26/ha) |
| Wormholt | 68 | 783 | 4078 | 11.5 per acre (28/ha) |
| 1934–1939 | ||||
| Chingford[b] | 217 | 1540 | — | 7.1 per acre (18/ha) |
| Hanwell (Ealing) | 140 | 1587 | 6732 | 11.3 per acre (28/ha) |
| Headstone Lane | 142 | n.a | 5000 | |
| Kenmore Park | 58 | 654 | 2078 | 11.3 per acre (28/ha) |
| Thornhill (Royal Borough of Greenwich) |
21 | 380 | 1598 | 18.1 per acre (45/ha) |
| Whitefoot Lane (Downham) | 49 | n.a | n.a. | |
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It was the first London County Council cottage estate built between 1901 and 1911 in Wandsworth. The estate contains 1,244 individual houses built over 38 acres (15 ha). It was influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden city movement and the Arts and Crafts movement.[1] The principal architect was Ernest Stone Collins.[2]
See also
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edit- "The Totterdown Fields Estate, Tooting: 'Architectural design of a peculiarly rational and elegant kind'". Municipal Dreams. Municipal Dreams in Housing, London. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- "Totterdown Fields Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy". Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- Burnett, John (1986). A social history of housing : 1815–1985 (2nd e. ed.). New York: Methuen. ISBN 0416367801.
- Hobhouse, Hermione, ed. (1991). "The County Hall competition" [County Hall]. Survey of London Monograph (17). London: British History Online: 14–25. Retrieved 4 June 2016.