Architecture: Wonders and blunders: Wonder: The Colonies, Edinburgh Blunder: Foxglove Way, Beddington, Surrey
The Colonies in Stockbridge and Canon Mills, Edinburgh, are an example of early-Victorian key-worker housing. The Edinburgh Co- operative Building Association built one standard house type in 11 terraces over several locations in the city. The homes range from ground-floor flats with gardens, suitab...
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| Published in | The Guardian (London) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Guardian News & Media Limited
22.09.2003
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| Summary: | The Colonies in Stockbridge and Canon Mills, Edinburgh, are an example of early-Victorian key-worker housing. The Edinburgh Co- operative Building Association built one standard house type in 11 terraces over several locations in the city. The homes range from ground-floor flats with gardens, suitable for elderly people, to first-floor family maisonettes. There is a lively street scene and an excellent sense of community, and every home has a front door to the street. This is good, compact housing - none of your endless bleak slab-sided blocks of flats or tenements... |
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| ISSN: | 0261-3077 |