Whittaker's Cottages from Ashtead, Surrey
A pair of 19th century timber built cottages with a shared brick chimney and
slate roof and weatherboard exterior. They were built for rent and were occupied by
agricultural labourer's. One is furnished as it would have been in the 1880's ; the
other is left unfinished to show the structure. A steel and glass stairway links the
two with interpretive panels showing how the building was constructed.
Funded wholly by the Leopold Muller Trust, the building was the subject
of a pioneering method of environmentally-safe eradication of pests. It is to be at the
centre of a new environmental monitoring project which will show visitors how buildings
react to climatic and chemical changes and sounds.
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