Harrison, Joanne orcid.org/0000-0002-1143-247X (Cover date: 2017) The origin, development and decline of back-to-back houses in Leeds, 1787-1937. Industrial Archaeology Review, 39 (2). pp. 101-116.
Abstract
This paper traces the development of back-to-back house building in Leeds. It first outlines the origin of the house type, before examining the urban layout, building form and social aspects of back-to-back courts in the first half of the 19th century, and the role of speculative developers, building societies and sanitary reformers. The focus then turns to the bills, acts and by-laws of the later 19th- and early 20th-century, and the determination of the people of Leeds to retain their preferred house type. Together, these brought improvements to the design and facilities, culminating in a house type that was far superior to that which was condemned by the back-to-back critics, and arguably had overcome all of the criticisms by the time construction of back-to-backs was prohibited in 1909.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s). |
Keywords: | back-to-back houses; courts; Victorian terraced houses; Edwardian terraced houses; Victorian building regulations and by-laws; Leeds |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/L503848/1 |
Depositing User: | Mrs Joanne Harrison |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2019 15:45 |
Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2019 15:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2017.1398902 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142804 |