Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust


What the Trust Does
 
The Trust’s purpose is to maintain and preserve the character and amenity of the Suburb.  It holds the freeholds of houses on long leases, some other land and investment property.  The income from and the sale of these assets finance the purposes of the Trust.

In addition, and increasingly importantly, it has the benefit of the covenants to which freehold owners are bound, under a Scheme of Management, giving control over the development of most of the freeholds on the Suburb.  Through the enforcement of these covenants (and similar ones in leases) the Trust can prevent changes in appearance and other developments which are judged would have a deleterious effect on the character and amenity of the Suburb.  It is largely because of these powers that the Suburb continues to be the gem it is renowned to be. For other information and Design Guidelines, see www.hgstrust.org
 
Background
 

The importance of Hampstead Garden Suburb in the history of 20th Century architecture and town planning cannot be overestimated. The brainchild of Henrietta Barnett, the Suburb was to be a model community with people of all classes living together in beautiful houses set in a verdant landscape. Laid out by Raymond Unwin, with Edwin Lutyens, the houses and flats represent the best of English domestic architecture of the early twentieth century.

Today, it is an environment of international significance. The eminent architectural historian, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, described it as "the most nearly perfect example of that English invention and speciality, the garden suburb".

The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust was set up in 1968 "to do all things possible to maintain and preserve the present character and amenities" of Hampstead Garden Suburb. The Trust operates a Scheme of Management, which ensures that the architectural standards of the Suburb's founders are maintained. The Trust publishes policies for the protection of the character of the Suburb and householders must obtain the Trust's approval before making changes to the external appearance of their property.

Objects
Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust
Additional Info
Website: www.hgstrust.org
Related Collections
A spiral-bound photograph album showing air raid damage to Suburb houses after the Second World War

Centenary Flowerbed Community Police
A collection of all the different centenaries around the Suburb, from the Suburb itself in 2007 to St Jude's 100 year anniversary in 2011.

Dudley Heath - Little Oak Wood
Series of paintings and drawings but Suburb Resident and artist Dudley Heath and his wife Mary. 


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Centenary Flowerbed Community Police
Collection of photographs and objects documenting the celebrations around the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Suburb in 2007.