There is quite an interesting article that has been written on the website of Homes and Antiques, detailing the house styles across the ages.
Well worth a look here
Well worth a look here
My local U3a has recently started a group looking at architecture and started with looking at vernacular houses. I have found it really interesting looking at gable ends, cat slides, segmental pediments etc. We are doing site visits soon in our local town.There is quite an interesting article that has been written on the website of Homes and Antiques, detailing the house styles across the ages.
Well worth a look here
I think one can find many examples of sympathetic design in the UK but that must be because the client required it or the architect offered it and was accepted.Having visited Europe many times. I think British planners and architecture absolutely appalling. I visited Lille there were two blocks of apartments built to the same design dated 1896 the land in between was being built on at the time in 2001. That was being built to the same design of the two existing buildings either side to blend into the period when they were built.
Perhaps the penny has finally dropped. Went to a cul de sac In Headless Cross. Little site maybe six bungalows. Wonderful design, I asked the building contractor he said we build to a French design I saw in Normandy years ago. I always had the ambition to move there, I have never seen one come up for sale yet.I think one can find many examples of sympathetic design in the UK but that must be because the client required it or the architect offered it and was accepted.
In Yardley the building to the right of Digbeth-in-the-fields church has echoes of the church in its roof capping while being not disimilar to the houses to its right.
These houses, in Church Road, Yardley, are built on the site of the Ring o' Bells pub, only a few years old yet clearly styled after a 1930s semi, typical of the area.
I don’t know of a Stuart style house in Birmingham, but there may be some. The pre war council houses all over Birmingham were a basic Addison Design. There were some Airey Houses near Old Oscott Lane, but cannot remember the exact location now, a small grove had a few.Be interesting to see some Birmingham ‘Stuart’, ‘Addison’ and ‘Airey’ examples. Not heard of the last two and hadn’t fully appreciated a Stuart style before. Interesting article. Thanks Mort. Viv.
Airey houses were pre-caste concrete construction rather than brick built after the war. There were a lot of problems with them. Some had brick outer shells added to them with insulation if the local council still managed them.I don’t know of a Stuart style house in Birmingham, but there may be some. The pre war council houses all over Birmingham were a basic Addison Design. There were some Airey Houses near Old Oscott Lane, but cannot remember the exact location now, a small grove had a few.
Yes, I recall the council did tinker around with some of them and gave them a brick skin. The ones I worked on did have insulation inside the precast concrete skin, but how effective it was I am not sureAirey houses were pre-caste concrete construction rather than brick built after the war. There were a lot of problems with them. Some had brick outer shells added to them with insulation if the local council still managed them.
Saw a lot of these around the council house estates in the Pedmore area by the Queensway. They had to have a brick outer skin erected with insulation between the concrete. I was told this was because they were so cold inside.Yes, I recall the council did tinker around with some of them and gave them a brick skin. The ones I worked on did have insulation inside the precast concrete skin, but howe effective it was I am not sure
It is certainly well worth a look. I have a brilliant book in the bookcase at home, must be nigh on fifty years old, "Your House, the outside view", published by Blue Circle, remember them? it illustrates the changing design of vernacular buildings by region in Britain from medieval times to what was modern when the book was written in 1975. Drawings in colour are 1:150.There is quite an interesting article that has been written on the website of Homes and Antiques, detailing the house styles across the ages.
Well worth a look here
Would be a good book to have on hand for such a studyMy local U3a has recently started a group looking at architecture and started with looking at vernacular houses. I have found it really interesting looking at gable ends, cat slides, segmental pediments etc. We are doing site visits soon in our local town.
Thanks for that information Devon Jim. Plenty of copies available. TinpotIt is certainly well worth a look. I have a brilliant book in the bookcase at home, must be nigh on fifty years old, "Your House, the outside view", published by Blue Circle, remember them? it illustrates the changing design of vernacular buildings by region in Britain from medieval times to what was modern when the book was written in 1975. Drawings in colour are 1:150.
Would be a good book to have on hand for such a study
Seems not. Found this picture on wikipedia they are quite different!Are they the bungalows built for "Austin" workers in Hawkesley, Northfield. Visited there only once and that was some sixty years ago!
Worked out where they are ie. the Austin Bungalows, and they are still looking very smart.Seems not. Found this picture on wikipedia they are quite different!