DOI Artikel:
Jones, Sydney R.: On the designing of cottages and small houses
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41874#0020
ON THE DESIGNING OF COTTAGES AND SMALL HOUSES
GROUP OF OLD. PLASTER-FRONTED COTTAGES AT CHILDREY, BERKSHIRE (PAGE 34)
but a proven fact. If houses, and all things in and around them, are good to
look at, they contribute to the well-being of the community. The opposite
order of affairs, with squalor and unsightliness, is degrading alike to body
Bnd mind. These facts are generally recognized to-day. It is therefore de-
manded that houses shall be pleasing to the eye, and situated in localities
that have as much natural beauty as may be, if the workers’ social welfare
is to receive full consideration. The principle involved in this demand has
been owned as long as house-building has been practised. Many old vil-
lages in England, with their quaint groupings, open greens, avenues of
trees, and cottages clustering up the hill-sides (such as is seen in the draw-
ing of Horley, Oxfordshire, opposite) exemplify how other generations
built up their homes and, with some thought of amenity, adorned the
countryside. Although the villages have stood for centuries their pic-
turesque qualities remain, and do not fail to please. The internal accommo-
dation of the houses was often faulty and inconvenient, but since the days
they came into being we have progressed very far towards perfection in
planning and construction.
There is no reason why our new cottages, if built properly and in suitable
places, should not be as beautiful as they are convenient. Simple effects,
rendered by sane and reasonable building methods, will give all that is
needed. The pair of cottages illustrated on page 7, as well as many others
constructed during the past few years, prove that appropriate results are
quite within the realm of building economies. It must always be remem-
bered, however, that the so-called “ cheap ” cottage is to be regarded with
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GROUP OF OLD. PLASTER-FRONTED COTTAGES AT CHILDREY, BERKSHIRE (PAGE 34)
but a proven fact. If houses, and all things in and around them, are good to
look at, they contribute to the well-being of the community. The opposite
order of affairs, with squalor and unsightliness, is degrading alike to body
Bnd mind. These facts are generally recognized to-day. It is therefore de-
manded that houses shall be pleasing to the eye, and situated in localities
that have as much natural beauty as may be, if the workers’ social welfare
is to receive full consideration. The principle involved in this demand has
been owned as long as house-building has been practised. Many old vil-
lages in England, with their quaint groupings, open greens, avenues of
trees, and cottages clustering up the hill-sides (such as is seen in the draw-
ing of Horley, Oxfordshire, opposite) exemplify how other generations
built up their homes and, with some thought of amenity, adorned the
countryside. Although the villages have stood for centuries their pic-
turesque qualities remain, and do not fail to please. The internal accommo-
dation of the houses was often faulty and inconvenient, but since the days
they came into being we have progressed very far towards perfection in
planning and construction.
There is no reason why our new cottages, if built properly and in suitable
places, should not be as beautiful as they are convenient. Simple effects,
rendered by sane and reasonable building methods, will give all that is
needed. The pair of cottages illustrated on page 7, as well as many others
constructed during the past few years, prove that appropriate results are
quite within the realm of building economies. It must always be remem-
bered, however, that the so-called “ cheap ” cottage is to be regarded with
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