Wholesome Dwellings:
This study by Malcolm Graham, a leading Oxford local historian for many years, provides a fascinating insight into post-war housing needs in Oxford, and how the modern city evolved away from the university buildings and college quadrangles for which the city is internationally renowned
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| Summary: | This study by Malcolm Graham, a leading Oxford local historian for many years, provides a fascinating insight into post-war housing needs in Oxford, and how the modern city evolved away from the university buildings and college quadrangles for which the city is internationally renowned |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- _Hlk461280 -- _Hlk461436 -- _Hlk528003951 -- _Hlk528051022 -- _Hlk528662412 -- _Hlk465107 -- _Hlk529027684 -- _Hlk510284 -- _Hlk509322 -- _Hlk529200789 -- _Hlk5289611 -- _Hlk509854 -- _Hlk529373958 -- _Hlk512431 -- _Hlk513513 -- _Hlk513103 -- _Hlk531104653 -- _Hlk514184 -- _Hlk514428 -- _Hlk532909670 -- _Hlk41492004 -- Figure 1. Plan of St Thomas's prepared in 1867 by the Oxford architect, E. G. Bruton, illustrating an ambitious programme for building new housing on the Christ Church estate. Newly-built model dwellings are shown on the corner of The Hamel and Kite Lane, -- Figure 2. Christ Church Old Buildings in Osney Lane in 1971. The three storeyed tenement block of red and cream brick, designed by E. G. Bruton and built between 1866 and 1868, provided a mix of one, two and three bedroomed flats around a central drying g -- Figure 3. Plan of a proposed extension to Trinity Street in St Ebbe's, 1890. Blackfriars Road and Friars Street had been laid out as two parallel roads in the early 1820s, and the formation of an interconnecting street to bring light and air to a densely -- Figure 4. A dilapidated Dover's Row in St Clement's before it was reconditioned by the Oxford Cottage Improvement Company in 1909. Trees in the Morrell family's adjacent park are visible over the wall at the end of the street. -- Figure 5. The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company renamed the row Wingfield Street after the Revd Charles Wingfield, founder of the company in 1866. This photograph was taken in 1972, shortly before the row was demolished. -- Figure 6. Map of Oxford's inter-war council estates derived from a map in the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook published in 1947 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 7. Proposed layout of the Cowley Road estate submitted by the Oxford architect, G. T. Gardner, as his entry for the City Council's architectural competition for its housing estates in 1919. He later became a member of the Oxford Panel of Architects -- Figure 8. Unrealised scheme for redeveloping the east side of a widened St Aldate's below Christ Church in 1919. Sixty-five architects entered the City Council's competition for cottage housing on part of the site and this plan is probably the winning ent -- Figure 9. The Mayoress of Oxford, Mrs Florence Lewis, officially opens the first council house on the Iffley Road estate on 23 November 1920. -- Figure 10. The completed Cowley Road council estate, soon dubbed the White City, photographed by nearby resident, Henry Taunt, in 1921. -- Figure 11. Plans and elevations of four bedroomed cottage-style houses for the Oxford City housing scheme, 1919. Designed by the Oxford Panel of Architects, these houses reflected the high standards set by the Local Government Board's Housing Manual. The -- Figure 12. Ferry Hinksey Road in 2001, showing economical workers' housing designed by the City Engineer, Joseph Wilkes. The six brick and rendered houses nearest the camera were built in 1922, a year after the four concrete houses on the corner of Botley -- Figure 13. Council houses in on the corner of London Road and Barton Road, Headington, in about 1930. Headington Rural District Council built large semi-detached houses on the main road frontage in 1920, and one pair can be seen behind the street name. Th -- Figure 14. Newly-built council houses on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in about 1924. The semi-detached brick and rendered houses on the main road frontage (left) were offered for sale to help pay for the scheme -- the houses for rent in Weirs | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 15. The proposed layout of the Meadow Lane estate in 1924. This estate, built between 1925 and 1927, adjoined the Addison Act estate (1920-1) (top right) and the Donnington estate (1923-5) (bottom right) and enveloped the Victorian West View Cottag -- Figure 16. Caravans and tents on Johnson's Field, Cowley, photographed in 1935 as part of a slum clearance inquiry. The swift expansion of the motor industry in the 1920s led to a housing crisis, and many workers had to live in temporary accommodation in -- Figure 17. Air photograph showing Headington Rural District Council's Bullingdon Field estate under construction in 1928. The houses were built for sale to better off Morris Motors employees who could afford to take out a mortgage. The difficulty which so -- Figure 18. Canning Crescent in 2001, showing tile-hung semi-detached council houses built in 1926-7 and older concrete houses in Pitt Road beyond Weirs Lane. The Weirs Lane South development rehoused residents displaced by the English Row Improvement Sche -- Figure 19. The City Engineer's proposals for developing the Gipsy Lane estate in 1924. The plan included a site for a church and a school as well as space for ten shops, but no government funding was available for such facilities, and just four shops were -- Figure 20. Part of the Gipsy Lane estate in the early 1930s, showing the Headington Road frontage and the entrance to Grays Road. The semi-detached houses on Headington Road were built for immediate sale at market rates to recoup some of the cost of the d -- Figure 21. Elevations of the proposed block of six houses at the foot of Morrell Avenue in 1929. After lengthy negotiations with the landowner, Mrs Morrell, and the Ministry of Health, the City Council built a housing estate on the fringe of South Park be | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 22. Morrell Avenue in 2001, showing groups of council houses set in an avenue of trees. When the trees were first planted in 1932, the City Council invited tenants to 'interest themselves in the care and protection of such trees.' -- Figure 23. Suggested layout of the Cutteslowe housing estate in 1929, envisaging houses behind a proposed City of Oxford School in Banbury Road and on both sides of the intended Northern Bypass. Plans for the school fell through, and the City Council sold -- Figure 24. Proposals for the first part of the Rose Hill estate in 1931. At this stage, the City Council envisaged building over 2,000 houses here in five years to meet the general housing needs of the enlarged city. Development was delayed by the financi -- Figure 25. Air photograph of Rose Hill in 1935, capturing work in progress on the Rose Hill No. 1 estate which was completed in June. Beyond the boundary hedge, and linked to the council estate by a single road, the Iffley Turn Estate was also under const -- Figure 26. Front elevation and ground floor plans of typical Rose Hill houses, 1934. This block of four houses is in the usual neo-Georgian style with a central passage providing access to the rear. The compact ground floor has a living room, scullery, t -- Figure 27. Blocks of four red brick and tiled houses in Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, in 2001. These houses were built as part of the Rose Hill No. 1 estate in 1934-5. -- Figure 28. Proposed layout of the Marston No. 1 housing estate in 1934, featuring the names of many of the first tenants. The site off Marston Road was thought to be convenient for people being rehoused from clearance areas in St Clement's. The City Counc | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 29. Looking north along Croft Road towards Old Marston Rd in 2001. The houses in blocks of eight and four were very municipal in character, but the estate is notable for generous grass verges and large trees. The streets were named after musicians -- Figure 30. Plan of the St Ebbe's Development Area, 1939. The 1935 Housing Act introduced the concept of redeveloping rundown areas of cities, and the City Council was quick to select this option for St Ebbe's, not least to provide a link road between Oxpe -- Figure 31. Private enterprise unleashed -- the Florence Park estate in Cowley, built in 1934. Private builders enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1920s and 1930s, and the Cardiff firm, Nathaniel Moss & -- Son Ltd., was active in the Oxford suburbs by 1929. Flore -- Figure 32. Three-bedroomed semi-detached houses in Campbell Road on the Florence Park estate, photographed in 2016. The estate was initially mired in controversy with allegations of jerry-building, and the builder F. E. Moss was forced to resign as a city -- Figure 33. Advertisement for labour-saving houses on the Aysgarth estate in Yarnton, 1938. The local demand for housing in the 1930s encouraged building on cheaper sites outside the city which were now easily accessible by bus or car. The Aysgarth houses -- Figure 34. Detail from the cover of the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook, published in 1935. The comforting image of an idyllic English village, albeit one with electricity wires, was doubtless intended to convey a sense that the City Council sought to -- Figure 35. The Oxford Ass, Henry Taunt's humorous adaptation of the Ordnance Survey map in about 1900, reflecting his view that North Oxford ruled the rest of the city. The map illustrates how geography and the development of Oxford during the 19th centur | |
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| contents | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- _Hlk461280 -- _Hlk461436 -- _Hlk528003951 -- _Hlk528051022 -- _Hlk528662412 -- _Hlk465107 -- _Hlk529027684 -- _Hlk510284 -- _Hlk509322 -- _Hlk529200789 -- _Hlk5289611 -- _Hlk509854 -- _Hlk529373958 -- _Hlk512431 -- _Hlk513513 -- _Hlk513103 -- _Hlk531104653 -- _Hlk514184 -- _Hlk514428 -- _Hlk532909670 -- _Hlk41492004 -- Figure 1. Plan of St Thomas's prepared in 1867 by the Oxford architect, E. G. Bruton, illustrating an ambitious programme for building new housing on the Christ Church estate. Newly-built model dwellings are shown on the corner of The Hamel and Kite Lane, -- Figure 2. Christ Church Old Buildings in Osney Lane in 1971. The three storeyed tenement block of red and cream brick, designed by E. G. Bruton and built between 1866 and 1868, provided a mix of one, two and three bedroomed flats around a central drying g -- Figure 3. Plan of a proposed extension to Trinity Street in St Ebbe's, 1890. Blackfriars Road and Friars Street had been laid out as two parallel roads in the early 1820s, and the formation of an interconnecting street to bring light and air to a densely -- Figure 4. A dilapidated Dover's Row in St Clement's before it was reconditioned by the Oxford Cottage Improvement Company in 1909. Trees in the Morrell family's adjacent park are visible over the wall at the end of the street. -- Figure 5. The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company renamed the row Wingfield Street after the Revd Charles Wingfield, founder of the company in 1866. This photograph was taken in 1972, shortly before the row was demolished. -- Figure 6. Map of Oxford's inter-war council estates derived from a map in the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook published in 1947 Figure 7. Proposed layout of the Cowley Road estate submitted by the Oxford architect, G. T. Gardner, as his entry for the City Council's architectural competition for its housing estates in 1919. He later became a member of the Oxford Panel of Architects -- Figure 8. Unrealised scheme for redeveloping the east side of a widened St Aldate's below Christ Church in 1919. Sixty-five architects entered the City Council's competition for cottage housing on part of the site and this plan is probably the winning ent -- Figure 9. The Mayoress of Oxford, Mrs Florence Lewis, officially opens the first council house on the Iffley Road estate on 23 November 1920. -- Figure 10. The completed Cowley Road council estate, soon dubbed the White City, photographed by nearby resident, Henry Taunt, in 1921. -- Figure 11. Plans and elevations of four bedroomed cottage-style houses for the Oxford City housing scheme, 1919. Designed by the Oxford Panel of Architects, these houses reflected the high standards set by the Local Government Board's Housing Manual. The -- Figure 12. Ferry Hinksey Road in 2001, showing economical workers' housing designed by the City Engineer, Joseph Wilkes. The six brick and rendered houses nearest the camera were built in 1922, a year after the four concrete houses on the corner of Botley -- Figure 13. Council houses in on the corner of London Road and Barton Road, Headington, in about 1930. Headington Rural District Council built large semi-detached houses on the main road frontage in 1920, and one pair can be seen behind the street name. Th -- Figure 14. Newly-built council houses on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in about 1924. The semi-detached brick and rendered houses on the main road frontage (left) were offered for sale to help pay for the scheme -- the houses for rent in Weirs Figure 15. The proposed layout of the Meadow Lane estate in 1924. This estate, built between 1925 and 1927, adjoined the Addison Act estate (1920-1) (top right) and the Donnington estate (1923-5) (bottom right) and enveloped the Victorian West View Cottag -- Figure 16. Caravans and tents on Johnson's Field, Cowley, photographed in 1935 as part of a slum clearance inquiry. The swift expansion of the motor industry in the 1920s led to a housing crisis, and many workers had to live in temporary accommodation in -- Figure 17. Air photograph showing Headington Rural District Council's Bullingdon Field estate under construction in 1928. The houses were built for sale to better off Morris Motors employees who could afford to take out a mortgage. The difficulty which so -- Figure 18. Canning Crescent in 2001, showing tile-hung semi-detached council houses built in 1926-7 and older concrete houses in Pitt Road beyond Weirs Lane. The Weirs Lane South development rehoused residents displaced by the English Row Improvement Sche -- Figure 19. The City Engineer's proposals for developing the Gipsy Lane estate in 1924. The plan included a site for a church and a school as well as space for ten shops, but no government funding was available for such facilities, and just four shops were -- Figure 20. Part of the Gipsy Lane estate in the early 1930s, showing the Headington Road frontage and the entrance to Grays Road. The semi-detached houses on Headington Road were built for immediate sale at market rates to recoup some of the cost of the d -- Figure 21. Elevations of the proposed block of six houses at the foot of Morrell Avenue in 1929. After lengthy negotiations with the landowner, Mrs Morrell, and the Ministry of Health, the City Council built a housing estate on the fringe of South Park be Figure 22. Morrell Avenue in 2001, showing groups of council houses set in an avenue of trees. When the trees were first planted in 1932, the City Council invited tenants to 'interest themselves in the care and protection of such trees.' -- Figure 23. Suggested layout of the Cutteslowe housing estate in 1929, envisaging houses behind a proposed City of Oxford School in Banbury Road and on both sides of the intended Northern Bypass. Plans for the school fell through, and the City Council sold -- Figure 24. Proposals for the first part of the Rose Hill estate in 1931. At this stage, the City Council envisaged building over 2,000 houses here in five years to meet the general housing needs of the enlarged city. Development was delayed by the financi -- Figure 25. Air photograph of Rose Hill in 1935, capturing work in progress on the Rose Hill No. 1 estate which was completed in June. Beyond the boundary hedge, and linked to the council estate by a single road, the Iffley Turn Estate was also under const -- Figure 26. Front elevation and ground floor plans of typical Rose Hill houses, 1934. This block of four houses is in the usual neo-Georgian style with a central passage providing access to the rear. The compact ground floor has a living room, scullery, t -- Figure 27. Blocks of four red brick and tiled houses in Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, in 2001. These houses were built as part of the Rose Hill No. 1 estate in 1934-5. -- Figure 28. Proposed layout of the Marston No. 1 housing estate in 1934, featuring the names of many of the first tenants. The site off Marston Road was thought to be convenient for people being rehoused from clearance areas in St Clement's. The City Counc Figure 29. Looking north along Croft Road towards Old Marston Rd in 2001. The houses in blocks of eight and four were very municipal in character, but the estate is notable for generous grass verges and large trees. The streets were named after musicians -- Figure 30. Plan of the St Ebbe's Development Area, 1939. The 1935 Housing Act introduced the concept of redeveloping rundown areas of cities, and the City Council was quick to select this option for St Ebbe's, not least to provide a link road between Oxpe -- Figure 31. Private enterprise unleashed -- the Florence Park estate in Cowley, built in 1934. Private builders enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1920s and 1930s, and the Cardiff firm, Nathaniel Moss & -- Son Ltd., was active in the Oxford suburbs by 1929. Flore -- Figure 32. Three-bedroomed semi-detached houses in Campbell Road on the Florence Park estate, photographed in 2016. The estate was initially mired in controversy with allegations of jerry-building, and the builder F. E. Moss was forced to resign as a city -- Figure 33. Advertisement for labour-saving houses on the Aysgarth estate in Yarnton, 1938. The local demand for housing in the 1930s encouraged building on cheaper sites outside the city which were now easily accessible by bus or car. The Aysgarth houses -- Figure 34. Detail from the cover of the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook, published in 1935. The comforting image of an idyllic English village, albeit one with electricity wires, was doubtless intended to convey a sense that the City Council sought to -- Figure 35. The Oxford Ass, Henry Taunt's humorous adaptation of the Ordnance Survey map in about 1900, reflecting his view that North Oxford ruled the rest of the city. The map illustrates how geography and the development of Oxford during the 19th centur Figure 36. Plan of the Rose Hill estate as originally envisaged in 1931. The road layout envisaged a link with Abberbury Avenue, an exclusive suburban addition to Iffley village, but this feature disappeared from later schemes. Several roads were also int |
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Sixty-five architects entered the City Council's competition for cottage housing on part of the site and this plan is probably the winning ent -- Figure 9. The Mayoress of Oxford, Mrs Florence Lewis, officially opens the first council house on the Iffley Road estate on 23 November 1920. -- Figure 10. The completed Cowley Road council estate, soon dubbed the White City, photographed by nearby resident, Henry Taunt, in 1921. -- Figure 11. Plans and elevations of four bedroomed cottage-style houses for the Oxford City housing scheme, 1919. Designed by the Oxford Panel of Architects, these houses reflected the high standards set by the Local Government Board's Housing Manual. The -- Figure 12. Ferry Hinksey Road in 2001, showing economical workers' housing designed by the City Engineer, Joseph Wilkes. The six brick and rendered houses nearest the camera were built in 1922, a year after the four concrete houses on the corner of Botley -- Figure 13. Council houses in on the corner of London Road and Barton Road, Headington, in about 1930. Headington Rural District Council built large semi-detached houses on the main road frontage in 1920, and one pair can be seen behind the street name. Th -- Figure 14. Newly-built council houses on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in about 1924. The semi-detached brick and rendered houses on the main road frontage (left) were offered for sale to help pay for the scheme -- the houses for rent in Weirs</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Figure 15. The proposed layout of the Meadow Lane estate in 1924. This estate, built between 1925 and 1927, adjoined the Addison Act estate (1920-1) (top right) and the Donnington estate (1923-5) (bottom right) and enveloped the Victorian West View Cottag -- Figure 16. Caravans and tents on Johnson's Field, Cowley, photographed in 1935 as part of a slum clearance inquiry. The swift expansion of the motor industry in the 1920s led to a housing crisis, and many workers had to live in temporary accommodation in -- Figure 17. Air photograph showing Headington Rural District Council's Bullingdon Field estate under construction in 1928. The houses were built for sale to better off Morris Motors employees who could afford to take out a mortgage. The difficulty which so -- Figure 18. Canning Crescent in 2001, showing tile-hung semi-detached council houses built in 1926-7 and older concrete houses in Pitt Road beyond Weirs Lane. The Weirs Lane South development rehoused residents displaced by the English Row Improvement Sche -- Figure 19. The City Engineer's proposals for developing the Gipsy Lane estate in 1924. The plan included a site for a church and a school as well as space for ten shops, but no government funding was available for such facilities, and just four shops were -- Figure 20. Part of the Gipsy Lane estate in the early 1930s, showing the Headington Road frontage and the entrance to Grays Road. The semi-detached houses on Headington Road were built for immediate sale at market rates to recoup some of the cost of the d -- Figure 21. Elevations of the proposed block of six houses at the foot of Morrell Avenue in 1929. After lengthy negotiations with the landowner, Mrs Morrell, and the Ministry of Health, the City Council built a housing estate on the fringe of South Park be</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Figure 22. Morrell Avenue in 2001, showing groups of council houses set in an avenue of trees. When the trees were first planted in 1932, the City Council invited tenants to 'interest themselves in the care and protection of such trees.' -- Figure 23. Suggested layout of the Cutteslowe housing estate in 1929, envisaging houses behind a proposed City of Oxford School in Banbury Road and on both sides of the intended Northern Bypass. Plans for the school fell through, and the City Council sold -- Figure 24. Proposals for the first part of the Rose Hill estate in 1931. At this stage, the City Council envisaged building over 2,000 houses here in five years to meet the general housing needs of the enlarged city. Development was delayed by the financi -- Figure 25. Air photograph of Rose Hill in 1935, capturing work in progress on the Rose Hill No. 1 estate which was completed in June. Beyond the boundary hedge, and linked to the council estate by a single road, the Iffley Turn Estate was also under const -- Figure 26. Front elevation and ground floor plans of typical Rose Hill houses, 1934. This block of four houses is in the usual neo-Georgian style with a central passage providing access to the rear. The compact ground floor has a living room, scullery, t -- Figure 27. Blocks of four red brick and tiled houses in Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, in 2001. These houses were built as part of the Rose Hill No. 1 estate in 1934-5. -- Figure 28. Proposed layout of the Marston No. 1 housing estate in 1934, featuring the names of many of the first tenants. The site off Marston Road was thought to be convenient for people being rehoused from clearance areas in St Clement's. The City Counc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Figure 29. Looking north along Croft Road towards Old Marston Rd in 2001. The houses in blocks of eight and four were very municipal in character, but the estate is notable for generous grass verges and large trees. The streets were named after musicians -- Figure 30. Plan of the St Ebbe's Development Area, 1939. The 1935 Housing Act introduced the concept of redeveloping rundown areas of cities, and the City Council was quick to select this option for St Ebbe's, not least to provide a link road between Oxpe -- Figure 31. Private enterprise unleashed -- the Florence Park estate in Cowley, built in 1934. Private builders enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1920s and 1930s, and the Cardiff firm, Nathaniel Moss &amp -- Son Ltd., was active in the Oxford suburbs by 1929. Flore -- Figure 32. Three-bedroomed semi-detached houses in Campbell Road on the Florence Park estate, photographed in 2016. The estate was initially mired in controversy with allegations of jerry-building, and the builder F. E. Moss was forced to resign as a city -- Figure 33. Advertisement for labour-saving houses on the Aysgarth estate in Yarnton, 1938. The local demand for housing in the 1930s encouraged building on cheaper sites outside the city which were now easily accessible by bus or car. The Aysgarth houses -- Figure 34. Detail from the cover of the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook, published in 1935. The comforting image of an idyllic English village, albeit one with electricity wires, was doubtless intended to convey a sense that the City Council sought to -- Figure 35. The Oxford Ass, Henry Taunt's humorous adaptation of the Ordnance Survey map in about 1900, reflecting his view that North Oxford ruled the rest of the city. The map illustrates how geography and the development of Oxford during the 19th centur</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Figure 36. Plan of the Rose Hill estate as originally envisaged in 1931. The road layout envisaged a link with Abberbury Avenue, an exclusive suburban addition to Iffley village, but this feature disappeared from later schemes. 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| spelling | Graham, Malcolm Verfasser aut Wholesome Dwellings Oxford Archaeopress 2020 ©2020 1 Online-Ressource (90 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- _Hlk461280 -- _Hlk461436 -- _Hlk528003951 -- _Hlk528051022 -- _Hlk528662412 -- _Hlk465107 -- _Hlk529027684 -- _Hlk510284 -- _Hlk509322 -- _Hlk529200789 -- _Hlk5289611 -- _Hlk509854 -- _Hlk529373958 -- _Hlk512431 -- _Hlk513513 -- _Hlk513103 -- _Hlk531104653 -- _Hlk514184 -- _Hlk514428 -- _Hlk532909670 -- _Hlk41492004 -- Figure 1. Plan of St Thomas's prepared in 1867 by the Oxford architect, E. G. Bruton, illustrating an ambitious programme for building new housing on the Christ Church estate. Newly-built model dwellings are shown on the corner of The Hamel and Kite Lane, -- Figure 2. Christ Church Old Buildings in Osney Lane in 1971. The three storeyed tenement block of red and cream brick, designed by E. G. Bruton and built between 1866 and 1868, provided a mix of one, two and three bedroomed flats around a central drying g -- Figure 3. Plan of a proposed extension to Trinity Street in St Ebbe's, 1890. Blackfriars Road and Friars Street had been laid out as two parallel roads in the early 1820s, and the formation of an interconnecting street to bring light and air to a densely -- Figure 4. A dilapidated Dover's Row in St Clement's before it was reconditioned by the Oxford Cottage Improvement Company in 1909. Trees in the Morrell family's adjacent park are visible over the wall at the end of the street. -- Figure 5. The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company renamed the row Wingfield Street after the Revd Charles Wingfield, founder of the company in 1866. This photograph was taken in 1972, shortly before the row was demolished. -- Figure 6. Map of Oxford's inter-war council estates derived from a map in the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook published in 1947 Figure 7. Proposed layout of the Cowley Road estate submitted by the Oxford architect, G. T. Gardner, as his entry for the City Council's architectural competition for its housing estates in 1919. He later became a member of the Oxford Panel of Architects -- Figure 8. Unrealised scheme for redeveloping the east side of a widened St Aldate's below Christ Church in 1919. Sixty-five architects entered the City Council's competition for cottage housing on part of the site and this plan is probably the winning ent -- Figure 9. The Mayoress of Oxford, Mrs Florence Lewis, officially opens the first council house on the Iffley Road estate on 23 November 1920. -- Figure 10. The completed Cowley Road council estate, soon dubbed the White City, photographed by nearby resident, Henry Taunt, in 1921. -- Figure 11. Plans and elevations of four bedroomed cottage-style houses for the Oxford City housing scheme, 1919. Designed by the Oxford Panel of Architects, these houses reflected the high standards set by the Local Government Board's Housing Manual. The -- Figure 12. Ferry Hinksey Road in 2001, showing economical workers' housing designed by the City Engineer, Joseph Wilkes. The six brick and rendered houses nearest the camera were built in 1922, a year after the four concrete houses on the corner of Botley -- Figure 13. Council houses in on the corner of London Road and Barton Road, Headington, in about 1930. Headington Rural District Council built large semi-detached houses on the main road frontage in 1920, and one pair can be seen behind the street name. Th -- Figure 14. Newly-built council houses on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in about 1924. The semi-detached brick and rendered houses on the main road frontage (left) were offered for sale to help pay for the scheme -- the houses for rent in Weirs Figure 15. The proposed layout of the Meadow Lane estate in 1924. This estate, built between 1925 and 1927, adjoined the Addison Act estate (1920-1) (top right) and the Donnington estate (1923-5) (bottom right) and enveloped the Victorian West View Cottag -- Figure 16. Caravans and tents on Johnson's Field, Cowley, photographed in 1935 as part of a slum clearance inquiry. The swift expansion of the motor industry in the 1920s led to a housing crisis, and many workers had to live in temporary accommodation in -- Figure 17. Air photograph showing Headington Rural District Council's Bullingdon Field estate under construction in 1928. The houses were built for sale to better off Morris Motors employees who could afford to take out a mortgage. The difficulty which so -- Figure 18. Canning Crescent in 2001, showing tile-hung semi-detached council houses built in 1926-7 and older concrete houses in Pitt Road beyond Weirs Lane. The Weirs Lane South development rehoused residents displaced by the English Row Improvement Sche -- Figure 19. The City Engineer's proposals for developing the Gipsy Lane estate in 1924. The plan included a site for a church and a school as well as space for ten shops, but no government funding was available for such facilities, and just four shops were -- Figure 20. Part of the Gipsy Lane estate in the early 1930s, showing the Headington Road frontage and the entrance to Grays Road. The semi-detached houses on Headington Road were built for immediate sale at market rates to recoup some of the cost of the d -- Figure 21. Elevations of the proposed block of six houses at the foot of Morrell Avenue in 1929. After lengthy negotiations with the landowner, Mrs Morrell, and the Ministry of Health, the City Council built a housing estate on the fringe of South Park be Figure 22. Morrell Avenue in 2001, showing groups of council houses set in an avenue of trees. When the trees were first planted in 1932, the City Council invited tenants to 'interest themselves in the care and protection of such trees.' -- Figure 23. Suggested layout of the Cutteslowe housing estate in 1929, envisaging houses behind a proposed City of Oxford School in Banbury Road and on both sides of the intended Northern Bypass. Plans for the school fell through, and the City Council sold -- Figure 24. Proposals for the first part of the Rose Hill estate in 1931. At this stage, the City Council envisaged building over 2,000 houses here in five years to meet the general housing needs of the enlarged city. Development was delayed by the financi -- Figure 25. Air photograph of Rose Hill in 1935, capturing work in progress on the Rose Hill No. 1 estate which was completed in June. Beyond the boundary hedge, and linked to the council estate by a single road, the Iffley Turn Estate was also under const -- Figure 26. Front elevation and ground floor plans of typical Rose Hill houses, 1934. This block of four houses is in the usual neo-Georgian style with a central passage providing access to the rear. The compact ground floor has a living room, scullery, t -- Figure 27. Blocks of four red brick and tiled houses in Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, in 2001. These houses were built as part of the Rose Hill No. 1 estate in 1934-5. -- Figure 28. Proposed layout of the Marston No. 1 housing estate in 1934, featuring the names of many of the first tenants. The site off Marston Road was thought to be convenient for people being rehoused from clearance areas in St Clement's. The City Counc Figure 29. Looking north along Croft Road towards Old Marston Rd in 2001. The houses in blocks of eight and four were very municipal in character, but the estate is notable for generous grass verges and large trees. The streets were named after musicians -- Figure 30. Plan of the St Ebbe's Development Area, 1939. The 1935 Housing Act introduced the concept of redeveloping rundown areas of cities, and the City Council was quick to select this option for St Ebbe's, not least to provide a link road between Oxpe -- Figure 31. Private enterprise unleashed -- the Florence Park estate in Cowley, built in 1934. Private builders enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1920s and 1930s, and the Cardiff firm, Nathaniel Moss & -- Son Ltd., was active in the Oxford suburbs by 1929. Flore -- Figure 32. Three-bedroomed semi-detached houses in Campbell Road on the Florence Park estate, photographed in 2016. The estate was initially mired in controversy with allegations of jerry-building, and the builder F. E. Moss was forced to resign as a city -- Figure 33. Advertisement for labour-saving houses on the Aysgarth estate in Yarnton, 1938. The local demand for housing in the 1930s encouraged building on cheaper sites outside the city which were now easily accessible by bus or car. The Aysgarth houses -- Figure 34. Detail from the cover of the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook, published in 1935. The comforting image of an idyllic English village, albeit one with electricity wires, was doubtless intended to convey a sense that the City Council sought to -- Figure 35. The Oxford Ass, Henry Taunt's humorous adaptation of the Ordnance Survey map in about 1900, reflecting his view that North Oxford ruled the rest of the city. The map illustrates how geography and the development of Oxford during the 19th centur Figure 36. Plan of the Rose Hill estate as originally envisaged in 1931. The road layout envisaged a link with Abberbury Avenue, an exclusive suburban addition to Iffley village, but this feature disappeared from later schemes. Several roads were also int This study by Malcolm Graham, a leading Oxford local historian for many years, provides a fascinating insight into post-war housing needs in Oxford, and how the modern city evolved away from the university buildings and college quadrangles for which the city is internationally renowned Public housing-England-Oxford-History-20th century.. Oxford (England)-Social conditions-20th century Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Graham, Malcolm Wholesome Dwellings: Housing Need in Oxford and the Municipal Response, 1800-1939 Oxford : Archaeopress,c2020 |
| spellingShingle | Graham, Malcolm Wholesome Dwellings Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- _Hlk461280 -- _Hlk461436 -- _Hlk528003951 -- _Hlk528051022 -- _Hlk528662412 -- _Hlk465107 -- _Hlk529027684 -- _Hlk510284 -- _Hlk509322 -- _Hlk529200789 -- _Hlk5289611 -- _Hlk509854 -- _Hlk529373958 -- _Hlk512431 -- _Hlk513513 -- _Hlk513103 -- _Hlk531104653 -- _Hlk514184 -- _Hlk514428 -- _Hlk532909670 -- _Hlk41492004 -- Figure 1. Plan of St Thomas's prepared in 1867 by the Oxford architect, E. G. Bruton, illustrating an ambitious programme for building new housing on the Christ Church estate. Newly-built model dwellings are shown on the corner of The Hamel and Kite Lane, -- Figure 2. Christ Church Old Buildings in Osney Lane in 1971. The three storeyed tenement block of red and cream brick, designed by E. G. Bruton and built between 1866 and 1868, provided a mix of one, two and three bedroomed flats around a central drying g -- Figure 3. Plan of a proposed extension to Trinity Street in St Ebbe's, 1890. Blackfriars Road and Friars Street had been laid out as two parallel roads in the early 1820s, and the formation of an interconnecting street to bring light and air to a densely -- Figure 4. A dilapidated Dover's Row in St Clement's before it was reconditioned by the Oxford Cottage Improvement Company in 1909. Trees in the Morrell family's adjacent park are visible over the wall at the end of the street. -- Figure 5. The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company renamed the row Wingfield Street after the Revd Charles Wingfield, founder of the company in 1866. This photograph was taken in 1972, shortly before the row was demolished. -- Figure 6. Map of Oxford's inter-war council estates derived from a map in the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook published in 1947 Figure 7. Proposed layout of the Cowley Road estate submitted by the Oxford architect, G. T. Gardner, as his entry for the City Council's architectural competition for its housing estates in 1919. He later became a member of the Oxford Panel of Architects -- Figure 8. Unrealised scheme for redeveloping the east side of a widened St Aldate's below Christ Church in 1919. Sixty-five architects entered the City Council's competition for cottage housing on part of the site and this plan is probably the winning ent -- Figure 9. The Mayoress of Oxford, Mrs Florence Lewis, officially opens the first council house on the Iffley Road estate on 23 November 1920. -- Figure 10. The completed Cowley Road council estate, soon dubbed the White City, photographed by nearby resident, Henry Taunt, in 1921. -- Figure 11. Plans and elevations of four bedroomed cottage-style houses for the Oxford City housing scheme, 1919. Designed by the Oxford Panel of Architects, these houses reflected the high standards set by the Local Government Board's Housing Manual. The -- Figure 12. Ferry Hinksey Road in 2001, showing economical workers' housing designed by the City Engineer, Joseph Wilkes. The six brick and rendered houses nearest the camera were built in 1922, a year after the four concrete houses on the corner of Botley -- Figure 13. Council houses in on the corner of London Road and Barton Road, Headington, in about 1930. Headington Rural District Council built large semi-detached houses on the main road frontage in 1920, and one pair can be seen behind the street name. Th -- Figure 14. Newly-built council houses on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in about 1924. The semi-detached brick and rendered houses on the main road frontage (left) were offered for sale to help pay for the scheme -- the houses for rent in Weirs Figure 15. The proposed layout of the Meadow Lane estate in 1924. This estate, built between 1925 and 1927, adjoined the Addison Act estate (1920-1) (top right) and the Donnington estate (1923-5) (bottom right) and enveloped the Victorian West View Cottag -- Figure 16. Caravans and tents on Johnson's Field, Cowley, photographed in 1935 as part of a slum clearance inquiry. The swift expansion of the motor industry in the 1920s led to a housing crisis, and many workers had to live in temporary accommodation in -- Figure 17. Air photograph showing Headington Rural District Council's Bullingdon Field estate under construction in 1928. The houses were built for sale to better off Morris Motors employees who could afford to take out a mortgage. The difficulty which so -- Figure 18. Canning Crescent in 2001, showing tile-hung semi-detached council houses built in 1926-7 and older concrete houses in Pitt Road beyond Weirs Lane. The Weirs Lane South development rehoused residents displaced by the English Row Improvement Sche -- Figure 19. The City Engineer's proposals for developing the Gipsy Lane estate in 1924. The plan included a site for a church and a school as well as space for ten shops, but no government funding was available for such facilities, and just four shops were -- Figure 20. Part of the Gipsy Lane estate in the early 1930s, showing the Headington Road frontage and the entrance to Grays Road. The semi-detached houses on Headington Road were built for immediate sale at market rates to recoup some of the cost of the d -- Figure 21. Elevations of the proposed block of six houses at the foot of Morrell Avenue in 1929. After lengthy negotiations with the landowner, Mrs Morrell, and the Ministry of Health, the City Council built a housing estate on the fringe of South Park be Figure 22. Morrell Avenue in 2001, showing groups of council houses set in an avenue of trees. When the trees were first planted in 1932, the City Council invited tenants to 'interest themselves in the care and protection of such trees.' -- Figure 23. Suggested layout of the Cutteslowe housing estate in 1929, envisaging houses behind a proposed City of Oxford School in Banbury Road and on both sides of the intended Northern Bypass. Plans for the school fell through, and the City Council sold -- Figure 24. Proposals for the first part of the Rose Hill estate in 1931. At this stage, the City Council envisaged building over 2,000 houses here in five years to meet the general housing needs of the enlarged city. Development was delayed by the financi -- Figure 25. Air photograph of Rose Hill in 1935, capturing work in progress on the Rose Hill No. 1 estate which was completed in June. Beyond the boundary hedge, and linked to the council estate by a single road, the Iffley Turn Estate was also under const -- Figure 26. Front elevation and ground floor plans of typical Rose Hill houses, 1934. This block of four houses is in the usual neo-Georgian style with a central passage providing access to the rear. The compact ground floor has a living room, scullery, t -- Figure 27. Blocks of four red brick and tiled houses in Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, in 2001. These houses were built as part of the Rose Hill No. 1 estate in 1934-5. -- Figure 28. Proposed layout of the Marston No. 1 housing estate in 1934, featuring the names of many of the first tenants. The site off Marston Road was thought to be convenient for people being rehoused from clearance areas in St Clement's. The City Counc Figure 29. Looking north along Croft Road towards Old Marston Rd in 2001. The houses in blocks of eight and four were very municipal in character, but the estate is notable for generous grass verges and large trees. The streets were named after musicians -- Figure 30. Plan of the St Ebbe's Development Area, 1939. The 1935 Housing Act introduced the concept of redeveloping rundown areas of cities, and the City Council was quick to select this option for St Ebbe's, not least to provide a link road between Oxpe -- Figure 31. Private enterprise unleashed -- the Florence Park estate in Cowley, built in 1934. Private builders enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1920s and 1930s, and the Cardiff firm, Nathaniel Moss & -- Son Ltd., was active in the Oxford suburbs by 1929. Flore -- Figure 32. Three-bedroomed semi-detached houses in Campbell Road on the Florence Park estate, photographed in 2016. The estate was initially mired in controversy with allegations of jerry-building, and the builder F. E. Moss was forced to resign as a city -- Figure 33. Advertisement for labour-saving houses on the Aysgarth estate in Yarnton, 1938. The local demand for housing in the 1930s encouraged building on cheaper sites outside the city which were now easily accessible by bus or car. The Aysgarth houses -- Figure 34. Detail from the cover of the Oxford Municipal Tenants' Handbook, published in 1935. The comforting image of an idyllic English village, albeit one with electricity wires, was doubtless intended to convey a sense that the City Council sought to -- Figure 35. The Oxford Ass, Henry Taunt's humorous adaptation of the Ordnance Survey map in about 1900, reflecting his view that North Oxford ruled the rest of the city. The map illustrates how geography and the development of Oxford during the 19th centur Figure 36. Plan of the Rose Hill estate as originally envisaged in 1931. The road layout envisaged a link with Abberbury Avenue, an exclusive suburban addition to Iffley village, but this feature disappeared from later schemes. Several roads were also int Public housing-England-Oxford-History-20th century.. Oxford (England)-Social conditions-20th century |
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