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The Garden Village is an area of model village housing built in the early 1900s, in the Summergangs area of Kingston upon Hull, England, for the workers of Reckitt & Sons. ==History and description== The village was built on of land by the 'Hull Garden Village Co.', a company with £200,000 of capital of which two-thirds was contributed by Sir James Reckitt, and with two-thirds of the housing reserved for his workers. The company's dividends were limited to 3%. The estate opened in 1908,〔 its design was influenced by the ideas of the Garden city movement. The design was by architects Percy Runton and William Barry. By 1913, 600 houses had been built in five sizes and with twelve different styles, generally with a short front garden and long back garden, often accessed by a 'ten-foot' alley, a low housing density,〔 built of brick often pebble dashed,〔Hull City Council (1997) , Walls〕 (some houses received a white ''Medusa Portland cement'' render) with steeply pitched roofs with overhanging eaves,〔Hull City Council (1997) , Roofs〕 recessed doorways and wood framed windows,〔Hull City Council (1997) , Doors, Windows〕 privet hedges,〔Garden Village Society : (Gardens )〕 and avenued tree planting generalising the design. A second phase of development began in 1923.〔Sources: *Garden Village Society : (Background Information ) *The Garden Village Society, (House Positions ) *The Garden Village Society, (Historical Development ) 〕 Houses were built at a density of 12 per acre; , with streets named after trees and shrubs. Facilities included a shopping centre, club house, a hostel for female workers,〔Garden Village Society : (Public Buildings )〕 as well as several almshouses,〔〔Sources * *〕 several of which are listed buildings. A substantial number of the ordinary housing stock are now also listed buildings. During the Hull Blitz the area was badly damaged by bombing, possibly due to its proximity to Reckitt & Sons' Dansom Lane works.〔Houlton : (The War Years )〕 In 1950 the Garden Village company was disbanded; some houses were sold to tenants, the entire estate was bought by the Bradford Property Trust, the open spaces known as 'The Oval' and 'The Playground' were transferred to the Hull City Council for a nominal fee.〔Houlton : (The End of the Garden Village (Hull) Limited )〕 The area became a designated conservation area in 1970.〔Houlton : (The Garden Village Conservation Area )〕〔Hull City Council (1997) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Garden Village, Kingston upon Hull」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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