The next cul-de-sac, Reynolds Close, is in Parker and Unwin's Queen Anne manner: dark red brick, hipped roofs, chinoiserie balconies.
The deep setback to left and right of the end houses creates a satisfying "village square
Next door the same kind of effect was attempted in the large block of flats called
Heathcroft, a competition - winning design of 1923 by J B F Cowper. The elevations are handsomely detailed in neo-Georgian with a T-shaped courtyard.
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