Guessens Court
co-operative housekeeping scheme
By Roger Filler
Built around 1925 by the New Towns Trust, this was a co-operative housekeeping scheme of 40 flats on three sides of a quadrangle. On the fourth side there was a three-storey block of communal facilities including restaurant, kitchens and guest rooms. The project was designed by H C Lander.
Hotel
The scheme was not a particular success and within a few years some of the court had been converted into a private hotel. Guessens Court is now, I believe, solely sheltered housing.
This page was added on 15/07/2009.
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My mother was in service in Guessens Court Hotel in the 1920s. She was only fourteen years old. She always had fond memories of it.
Mi first job is a chambermaid, in England with the age of twenty two years, 1966
I still rembember this paradise, of peace. A lovely place to live and a lovely site to enjoy the real Garden City
Thank you…