Physical Appearance.

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Rachael Harding

Thornhill Assignment

Physical Appearance

The maps cover the years 1855 to 1941(86 years.) Over these years there are many changes, for example, maps A and B you can see a huge change. That is from a rural area (countryside) to an urbanised area (town.) Between B and C the change is not drastic but there is more housing. I am going to look at use of land over the years, the changes in architectural style and also the physical appearance of the area today.

        John Thornhill built houses 1-17 in 1871-72 and he built houses 18-29 in 1894 because he could not afford to build them all at the same time. Middle class people lived in these houses. The houses have sash windows and bay windows which are a sigh of wealth. The houses have a room in the attic which was for the servants yet again this proves that these people are wealthy to be able to afford a servant, but sometimes the room in the attic was used as a nursery and they had bars on the attic window for precaution. Today the fronts of the houses can not be changed because there is a preservation order.

        The houses on Elwin Terrace are smaller than the houses on Thornhill Terrace and this is where the Artisans lived these windows also had sash and bay windows. They have small gardens but unlike the houses on Thornhill Terrace these houses can be changed because there is no preservation order on them.

        Shakespeare Street is where the working class lived. They had small bay windows and there upstairs was built into there room space so they had derma bedrooms and a forecourt. Some people removed there iron railing fences but now they do not even have a fence up.

        The upper middle class lived in detached houses like Westburn house which is made of stone which they got from the quarry. The Victorians did not have there own style house so they copied styles from the past Westburn was a Georgian style house. The Georgian style is symmetrical and there are arches over the windows. The porch attached to Westburn was not originally there and the servant’s room was right at the very top and the caretaker lived in the lodge near Westburn house.

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Sumerleyton was a Tudor style house and the people who owned that house must have been very wealthy. There are sash and bay windows. There was also a stable with stalls for the horses which is now the year seven toilets. The cupboard in the classics room use to be a room.  The chimney pots were very dangerous and now have being removed and some of the ivy had to be removed. Holmlea which is now know as Lourdes has changed dramatically. There are Greek pillars and the building is brick which they get from the clay pit. Around ...

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