Semi-Detached Houses

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Affectionately known as the 'Semi' When built in numbers on an estate, the Semi clearly distinguished itself from other types of houses built in the early part of the twentieth century. For what the private builder and ' most local authorities desired above all was the 'semi'; it was the 'semi' which fulfilled most popular aspirations'<ref> M. Swenarton, Homes Fit for Heroes: The Political and Architecture of Early State Housing in Britain (London, 1981), p.144.</ref>

When built in numbers on an estate, the semi clearly distinguished itself from other types of houses built in the early part of the twentieth century. For what the private builder and ' most local authorities desired above all was the ' Semi-Detached '; it was the 'semi' which fulfilled most popular aspirations'<ref> M. Swenarton, Homes Fit for Heroes: The Political and Architecture of Early State Housing in Britain (London, 1981), p.144.</ref>



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2.1 Victorian Edwardian Semis

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2.2 'Moderne' Semi-Detached Houses

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2.3 Detached Houses

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2.4 Detached Houses

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2.5 Detached Houses

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2.6 Detached Houses

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2.7 Detached Houses

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2.8 Detached Houses

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2.9 Detached Houses

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See Also In Chimni

The Chimni Home Typology


Other Interesting Web Sites

FlickrGroup: Modernist Houses Of The 1930s


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