Victorian & Edwardian Services (Houses) 1850-1914
6 Conclusion
During the First World War, house building came to a virtual standstill. When house building resumed in 1919, with the construction of the first council estates (see below - a council house from 1919), entirely new house types with new standards of services and facilities were introduced as a result of the recommendations contained in the Tudor Walters Report of 1918. The design and layout of new homes and their services was now subject to entirely new pressures such as the spread of electricity and the expansion in car ownership. A new era of urban house building had begun.
David J Eveleigh
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