DOI Heft:
No. 49 (April, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Morris, G. L.: Evolution of village architecture in England
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18388#0191
Evolution of Village Architecture
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bandstand. In the middle of one of its long sides
are situated the schools, co-operative store, and
club-housj, facing the officials' cottages which over-
look the principal entrance.
Another industrial village, probably the most suc-
cessful, is Port Sunlight, near Birkenhead. It is
arranged in the sixty acres of ground (exclusive of
works) with considerable skill and ingenuity, every
advantage being taken where the rise and fall on the
ground suggests some departure from the ordinary
cxavHB riooK.. " -' 111 J - 11 • »■'«** ^ treatment. The valley running longitudinally, and
dividing the village into two portions, is spanned
plan of above by a picturesque stone bridge designed by Douglas
and Fordham. This valley, originally a wilderness,
what it had not, all the woodwork natural, un- is now planted with shrubs and bushes and the
painted, and redolent of the forest it came from." grass-covered slopes make a pleasant playground
Further comment on the buildings forming for the children.
the various portions of Leigh is unnecessary, as a Looking across the valley through the bridge are
previous writer in The Studio has dealt at some some cottages designed by J. J. Talbot, architect
length with the characteristics of Ernest George's and surveyor to the estate. Nearer, and to the
work. It is clear that these cottages are to be left, standing back from the road, are the schools,
considered only as additions to a village that built on the angle formed by the intersection of
probably retains some of the characteris-
tics and customs of the primitive com-
munity. The grouping of the buildings
is suggestive and may be imitated with
profit in the extension of those villages
growing up out of modern conditions.
Another village, that of Cresswell,
now in course of erection, is within a
short distance of the small town of Bol-
sover, and is planned on symmetrical
lines. The general scheme is an inner
and outer row of dwellings separated
by a street, through which a tram line is
laid. The line runs round the entire
village, and branches off to the collier)-,
thus enabling the occupants of the cot-
tages to be supplied with coals direct.
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The centre green will form a park, in brewill and bailey, architects
the centre of which will be placed the
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cottages at cresswell brewii.i. and bailey, architects
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bandstand. In the middle of one of its long sides
are situated the schools, co-operative store, and
club-housj, facing the officials' cottages which over-
look the principal entrance.
Another industrial village, probably the most suc-
cessful, is Port Sunlight, near Birkenhead. It is
arranged in the sixty acres of ground (exclusive of
works) with considerable skill and ingenuity, every
advantage being taken where the rise and fall on the
ground suggests some departure from the ordinary
cxavHB riooK.. " -' 111 J - 11 • »■'«** ^ treatment. The valley running longitudinally, and
dividing the village into two portions, is spanned
plan of above by a picturesque stone bridge designed by Douglas
and Fordham. This valley, originally a wilderness,
what it had not, all the woodwork natural, un- is now planted with shrubs and bushes and the
painted, and redolent of the forest it came from." grass-covered slopes make a pleasant playground
Further comment on the buildings forming for the children.
the various portions of Leigh is unnecessary, as a Looking across the valley through the bridge are
previous writer in The Studio has dealt at some some cottages designed by J. J. Talbot, architect
length with the characteristics of Ernest George's and surveyor to the estate. Nearer, and to the
work. It is clear that these cottages are to be left, standing back from the road, are the schools,
considered only as additions to a village that built on the angle formed by the intersection of
probably retains some of the characteris-
tics and customs of the primitive com-
munity. The grouping of the buildings
is suggestive and may be imitated with
profit in the extension of those villages
growing up out of modern conditions.
Another village, that of Cresswell,
now in course of erection, is within a
short distance of the small town of Bol-
sover, and is planned on symmetrical
lines. The general scheme is an inner
and outer row of dwellings separated
by a street, through which a tram line is
laid. The line runs round the entire
village, and branches off to the collier)-,
thus enabling the occupants of the cot-
tages to be supplied with coals direct.
° rr .„ , „ _„,t :n officials' cottages at cresswell
The centre green will form a park, in brewill and bailey, architects
the centre of which will be placed the
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