Basic Site Details

Name: Utilitas Land Company's Cottages and Villas
City or county: Newcastle upon Tyne
Country: England
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Notes: We this week give an illustration of the successful design of cottage villa by Mr H E Clifford, architect, Glasgow, for the Utilitas Land Company, Limited. The villa is designed with the view of producing at limited cost a more picturesque character than is usually attained in small houses that are square in plan. The building occupies an area of 33 feet by 27 feet, exclusive of projections. The ground floor contains two sitting-rooms, kitchen, and scullery, with other conveniences. The upper floor, the greater part of which is in the roof, contains four bedrooms, bathroom, and napery closet, the ceilings being respectively 10 and 9 feet high. The external walls would be built of brick with stone dressings. The interior finishings of yellow pine stained and varnished. The upper portion of transomed windows glazed with quarry glass. The roofs to be covered with green slates with tiled ridges. [Building News 30 May 1879 p600]

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Villa  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 11879 Competition held 

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 1Henry Edward Clifford  1879 Won competition and secured job

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Utilitas Land Company  

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts1879   673

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Building News30 May 1879  p600 and illustration