Wolverton, Silver End
Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Trips at 13:00 on 21 November 2011
On the way out of Silver End we passed another Art Deco house so of course I had to stop to photograph it.
This is Wolverton, also on Boar’s Tye Road.
It’s nice that the plants outside the door reflect the house’s symmetry – even if the climber doesn’t.
The balcony, with its W motif, is a nice touch and the gatepost (see below) is exquisite.
The housing estate I mentioned in my last Art Deco post was built by Francis Henry Critall for the workers at his window factory in the village.
This more stylish house was for one of the factory managers to live in. I presume the other biggish Deco house in Boar’s Tye Road (see my last Art Deco post,) though not quite as elaborate as Wolverton, was also for a manager.
Tags: Architecture, Art Deco, Silver End, Thomas S Tait, Wolverton
Nicola
6 April 2016 at 17:53
Thank you for the post, just drove through Boars Tye for the first time and saw two incredible art deco houses and wanted to find out more about them.
jackdeighton
6 April 2016 at 19:23
Nicola,
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
Glad I could help. Wolverton is exquisite.