Irchester Road Housing Estate Layout
Irchester Road and The Crescent at the foot of the map,
Tennyson Road at the top with Highfield Road and Westfield Avenue between
Proposed Houses to be built in Irchester Road under the Housing Acts
The Housing Act of 1925 was in force when the Irchester Road Estate was first begun. In 1930 plans for Type 'A', Type 'B' and Type 'C' were drawn by council surveyor, Mr J W Lloyd, M.Inst.M. & Cy.E.
The plan opposite is of a Type 'N' house, and below is the first floor plan: they were drawn in February 1935, with plans for a Type 'O' house which was a mirror image of 'N'.
Under this act 2 pairs of semi-detatched next to 57 Tennyson Road, with 2 houses at the corner of Westfield Place and Westfield Avenue, were to be added and Mr Lloyd drew the plans in February 1935.
The Rushden Echo and Argus, 16th January, 1948, transcribed by Gill Hollis
Council May Build Garages
Rushden’s problem of meeting the needs of car owners on the public housing estates came nearer to solution at the Urban Council’s meeting on Wednesday.
Interesting news for those living on the Irchester Road estate came from the Housing Committee, for the Surveyor (Mr. L. E. Johnson) has submitted plans showing sites on the estate which could be used for the erection of garages. The committee recommended sending them to the Ministry of Health for approval.
The plans, exhibited on the wall of the Council Chamber, showed two sites in Tennyson Road and one in Highfield Road. When Coun. T. W. Cox, the chairman of the Housing Committee, referred to them, Coun. Mrs. Muxlow said she hoped the Newton Road estate would not be forgotten.
Coun. Cox replied that it would be safer to take one step at a time, but he thought that in the end all Council estates would be accommodated.
