Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . Village. Their aim was to build cottages to let atlow rents, but to return 5 per cent, on the capital. The companyleased a field of a little over two acres from Lord DeLisle. The houseswere built in 1906-7. It will be seen that they are grouped about acentral green, round which is an 8ft. wide private road, with gravelpaths to front and back doors of cottages. The roads and paths costonly ;^8o complete. The drainage and water main for the wholevillage cost ^{^205. The architects, Messrs. Barrett and Driver, ofYork Place, I3aker St
Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . Village. Their aim was to build cottages to let atlow rents, but to return 5 per cent, on the capital. The companyleased a field of a little over two acres from Lord DeLisle. The houseswere built in 1906-7. It will be seen that they are grouped about acentral green, round which is an 8ft. wide private road, with gravelpaths to front and back doors of cottages. The roads and paths costonly ;^8o complete. The drainage and water main for the wholevillage cost ^{^205. The architects, Messrs. Barrett and Driver, ofYork Place, I3aker Street, W., have arranged for 32 cottages to beerected on the site. Fourteen were erected upon the plans illustratedin one group of six, and two groups of four, at a cost of ^126 percottage—a remarkably low price for a five-roomed cottage. The rentsat 3s. 6d. to 3s. gd. per vveek will provide 5 per cent, return on capital,when the village is completed. 5-18 ? i\&b^l19*22 • £175. ?APCA °r Sire — aA AI76niTE6TS 25y9gi/ gA6C—— FUPTIiEg. D2Mi rP9n TShBPIC^OE T? LEIGM Paths to cottages 2 feet 6 inches wide. Road rounci green S feet wide. Site 360 feet frontage to main road. Cent al green 140 feet long l)y 46 feet wide. Entrance road 14 feet iietween paths, each 3 feet wide. G^TTA^^!). \fhll ViLL/XGr. LC16/A. l^mT.
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