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CONTRACT FOUR (By John Yarham)
The fourth contract was under plan 2640. This was dated 3/11/26 and still showed 222 houses and 8 shops. The Tennis Courts were still shown to the north of Rosewood Avenue. This contract involved sites 91/92, 99/100, 113/114, 121-128, 181/182. These were the corner sites of Rosewood and Fernwood, Fernwood and Briarwood (both), Briarwood and Rosewood (both), Rosewood and Beechwood. Also the south side of Rosewood, between Briarwood and Beechwood Avenues.
Mr CHE Bridgen was now the LNER Architect. The LNER (Gosforth) Garden Village Ltd company had the company registration number of 9778. In a letter dated 21/9/26 referring to sites 91/92, 99/1100, 113/114, 121-128, 181/182, they were all less than £700, with subsidies starting before 26/10/27 and to be completed by then. The actual completion dates were 8/9/27 for sites 121/122, 127/128, 181/182, 123-126. The completion date for sites 1113/114, 99/100, 91/92 was 15/9/27. The prices varied from £663.17.0 to £699.7.2. Some of the corner sites including sites 91/92 had been drawn as early as 15/10/22 and eventually approved 3/11/26. Sites 91/92 were never built and became sites 233/234 and again not built.
On the 3rd November 1926 a further 16 houses were mentioned and an agreement was made that a Council subsidy of £1 would be paid under the 1923 Housing Act. The plan for 16 houses was approved (Plan 2540). The subsidies were subject to dispute by the 2nd February 1927. Also by this time the dispute between the Residents of Woodlea Gardens and the Council regarding the maintenance of the road had started.
On the 4th May 1927 Plan 2713 was approved for 2 houses on Hollywood Avenue, 35 on Fernwood Avenue, and 11 on Rosewood Avenue. On the 16th November 1927 the amended plans for sites 231-232 on Fernwood Avenue were approved. On the 7th December 1927, the Council subsidies for the last 34 houses on the estate would be paid.
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