Manual on the preparation of state-aided housing schemes.

Date:
1919
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual on the preparation of state-aided housing schemes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | L Un2conomical Lay-out. J [ = race. Pa OAD) x Saas i‘ a, FRONTAGE AVAILABLE FOR BUILDNG Pe me Le sla a Qa < A O ° “HL LY fag a 7 jon 2K | ILLUSTRATION No. 7. Plan of development for a square plot of about 13 acres providing for 136 houses with an average building frontage of 26 feet per house. It involves 879 yards lin. of road @, say, £6 = £5,274, and 295 yards lin. of light road round green @, say, £4 = £1,180; Total cost of reads, £6,454. This represents an average of about 45 feet of road frontage per house. Ezsonomical Lay-out. R O A D reas ae Cnr Coase ae 2 FS FRONTAGE AXVAILABLE Fop Buitpincs ereerugmeeme os ere oe ae ra gE ee : 5.0 10 20 3040 $0 60 70 60 9000 Frey eo ete ILLUSTRATION No. 8. Plan of development for the same plot as No. 7, but providing for 130 houses with an average building frontage of 26 feet per ‘house. It involves 497 yards lin. of road @ £6 = £2,982, and 340 yards lin. of light road round green @ fA = £1,360 ; Total £4,342. The saving in road cost over the development shown in Illustration No. 7 is therefore fA Six less houses only are provided for and the average size of garden is considerably increased.