Erskine House, Homesfield, Hendon, Greater London
This building was originally two children's' cottage homes (now 4 flats). They were built in 1911-12 by B Parker and R Unwin for the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. They were originally called Ursula Cottage and Henrietta Cottage and were donated by George Cadbury and Canon Barnett. The idea of building a residential suburb for people of all incomes and classes began with Henrietta Barnett. She was the wife of Cannon Samuel Barnett, vicar of St Judes, Whitechapel. She had been inspired by her personal experiences of the poverty and appalling living conditions in her husbands inner city parish to seek better housing for the poor.
