Holiday Home at Walton-on-the-Naze

The house at Walton-on-the-Naze (p. 84) was erected as a holiday home for the London Workers' Association. In designing it the architect aimed at obtaining the effect of a large country house of the “cottage" type, thus avoiding any appearance of an Institution. The building faces the road and looks south towards the sea. The site being limited in size, the house has been set back as far as possible and a formal garden laid out between it and the main road. The public entry is at the back, on the side road. The walls are of brick, rough-cast, with tile-hanging to the gables. Between the two wings there is a long balcony, with a tiled balustrade carried on brick piers. This and the raised terrace are pleasant resting-places, facing the sea and obtaining the maximum of sun. [Studio Yearbook 1915 page 38-39]