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Morphological periods, planning and reality: the case of England's inter-war suburbs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

J. W. R. Whitehand
Affiliation:
School of Geog. and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT
Christine M. H. Carr
Affiliation:
Institute of Urban Planning, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Abstract

The physical forms of England's inter-war suburbs are examined, concentrating on those created by private enterprise. Attention is given to the contrasts between inter-war suburbs and those created before the First World War, and the timing of the adoption of architectural styles and other aspects of built form characteristic of the inter-war period is considered. In places, houses in Edwardian styles continued to be built well into the inter-war period. The dominant characteristic of the period was the creation of garden suburbs. The Tudor Walters Report was more an endorsement of such suburbs than a stimulus to them and many of its recommendations were not adhered to.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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