The Book of the Cheap Cottages Exhibition
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Book Description
176 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., plans (1 fold.) Quarto. Green printed wraps. Top and base of spine a little chipped else a very good copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue. The 1905 Cheap Cottages Exhibition helped to shape and establish Letchworth Garden City soon after its launch. The event responded to the shortage of cottages in rural areas, caused by restrictive by-laws that allowed only expensive materials. Mr J. St Loe Strachey started a campaign to solve this after his article, 'In Search of a £150 Cottage', and the Garden City Company approved the idea of an exhibition and provided it with sites in the centre of Letchworth. Architects were able to produce innovative designs, without the restrictions of by-laws, using new materials to build affordable cottages for rural labourers.
Author
[Garden Cities - Letchworth]
Date
1905
Binding
Paper wrappers
Publisher
London published for the Committee by "The County gentleman and land and water",
Condition
Very good
Pages
176
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