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==Episode 1== | ==Episode 1== | ||
Over 13,000 years of homes, from 11,000 BC to the 1600s. Phil reveals 13 homes of all shapes, sizes and styles, from primitive prehistoric pads to houses built as status symbols. | |||
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==Episode 2== | ==Episode 2== | ||
Phil tells the story of Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries through more amazing homes, from lavish properties to revolutionary social housing | |||
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File:RegencyTownHouse-Brighton.jpg|Home 28 - A Grade 1 listed Regency townhouse on Brighton's Brunswick Square from the mid-1820s. See the Regency Townhouse one of Chimni's [[Historic House Museums]] celebrating the architecture and social history of Brighton & Hove between 1780 and 1850. http://www.rth.co.uk | File:RegencyTownHouse-Brighton.jpg|Home 28 - A Grade 1 listed Regency townhouse on Brighton's Brunswick Square from the mid-1820s. See the Regency Townhouse one of Chimni's [[Historic House Museums]] celebrating the architecture and social history of Brighton & Hove between 1780 and 1850. http://www.rth.co.uk | ||
File:Tower23-Dymchurch.jpg|Home 29 is ’Tower 23’ a Napoleonic era Martello Tower converted into a family home at Dymchurch on the Romney Marshes in Kent. | File:Tower23-Dymchurch.jpg|Home 29 is ’Tower 23’ a Napoleonic era [[Martello Towers|Martello Tower]] converted into a family home at Dymchurch on the Romney Marshes in Kent. | ||
Home 30 Budgenor Lodge – 42 apartments built into the old dormitories of a converted workhouse in Midhurst West Sussex | Home 30 Budgenor Lodge – 42 apartments built into the old dormitories of a converted workhouse in Midhurst West Sussex | ||
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==Episode 4== | ==Episode 4== | ||
Phil looks at the three decades of homes between 1850 and 1880, when working class slums were transformed into decent family abodes | |||
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At Chimni we are mainly focussed on house history, architecture and building styles, so our focus in this section is on house museums that celebrate and explain different periods of house building. However, dotted around the country are a series of wonderful house museums celebrating famous people and their work. We have listed some of our favourites below: | At Chimni we are mainly focussed on house history, architecture and building styles, so our focus in this section is on house museums that celebrate and explain different periods of house building. However, dotted around the country are a series of wonderful house museums celebrating famous people and their work. We have listed some of our favourites below: | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:38, 20 July 2019
Episode 1[edit]
Over 13,000 years of homes, from 11,000 BC to the 1600s. Phil reveals 13 homes of all shapes, sizes and styles, from primitive prehistoric pads to houses built as status symbols.
Episode 2[edit]
Phil tells the story of Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries through more amazing homes, from lavish properties to revolutionary social housing
Episode 3[edit]
In Episode 3 Phil Spencer examines how the Industrial Revolution completely changed Britain and left us with homes in Napoleonic forts, canal boats and city tenements.
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Home 28 - A Grade 1 listed Regency townhouse on Brighton's Brunswick Square from the mid-1820s. See the Regency Townhouse one of Chimni's Historic House Museums celebrating the architecture and social history of Brighton & Hove between 1780 and 1850. http://www.rth.co.uk
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Home 29 is ’Tower 23’ a Napoleonic era Martello Tower converted into a family home at Dymchurch on the Romney Marshes in Kent.
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Home 31 A converted lighthouse at West Usk in Newport, South Wales built in 1821 originally designed by the eminent engineer James Walker
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Home 39 - The Black Mill’ windmill, Lincoln, England originally built in 1840 for the Squires family
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Episode 4[edit]
Phil looks at the three decades of homes between 1850 and 1880, when working class slums were transformed into decent family abodes
Episode 5[edit]
At Chimni we are mainly focussed on house history, architecture and building styles, so our focus in this section is on house museums that celebrate and explain different periods of house building. However, dotted around the country are a series of wonderful house museums celebrating famous people and their work. We have listed some of our favourites below:
See Also In Chimni[edit]
Chimni Wiki Page: House History Books
Chimni Wiki Page: House History Projects
Chimni Wiki Page: House History Categorisation