Author name: Richard Clarke

(s.p.b.s) The political divide over the issue of house building from the public purse was exampled when the central government’s Local Government Board refused to accept the point made by Skirlaugh Rural District Council that ‘Scarcity will be appreciably relieved by the erection of cottages by private enterprise’. This prompted Skirlaugh R.D.C. to carry-out a […]

Rural district councils were slower to adopt building by-laws than their urban counterparts. However, most did employ full-time medical officers of health and inspectors of nuisance so that some comments on very poor housing might reach the ears of the elected through their annual or monthly reports. Furthermore, there were 24 sanitary inspectors employed in

The housing history of Holderness in the 20th century follows trends in rural areas that impacted in similar areas across the country. In 1900 rural workers housing was broadly of two types – estate cottages , that is cottages built at the expense of the principal landowner in a parish and in a style that

Today’s photo. shows Rowley church as viewed from the south-east. Rowley church stands alongside the early Georgian rectory, this now a hotel and tearoom. The five bay original house faces south, the east wing was a late 18th century addition and on a clear day standing at the french windows of this east wing there

Today’s picture is an early 20th century (exact date uncertain) black and white photo. of the rooftops of Barton as taken from the top of the tower of St. Peter’s church. As such it shows the terrace of five cottages previously discussed and demolished in 1957. The ‘row’ is upper centre of the photo. with

Following on from yesterday’s blog the photo. above shows the gable end wall of the two cottages on yesterday’s plan on the right and which still stand, the wall showing the outline of the end of the five adjoining cottages demolished in 1957. This shows that the five cottages opened onto the street/pavement (as do