The Garden Village, Kingston upon Hull
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The Garden Village is an area of model village
housing built in the early 1900s in the Summergangs
area of Kingston upon Hull
for the workers of Reckitt and Sons.
The estate opened in 1908, its design was influenced by the ideas of the Garden city movement
. The design was by architects Percy Runton and William Barry. By 1913 600 houses had been built in five sizes and with twelve different styles, generally with a short front garden and long back garden, often accessed by a 'ten foot' alley, a low housing density, built of brick often pebble dashed, with steeply pitched rooves with overhanging eaves, recessed doorways and woodframed windows, privet hedges, and avenued tree planting generalising the design. A second phase of development began in 1923.
Facilities included a shopping centre, club house, a hostel for female workers,, as well as several almshouses, several of which are listed buildings. A substantial number of the ordinary housing stock are now also listed buildings.
During the Hull Blitz
the area was badly damaged by bombing, possibly due to its proximity to Reckitt & Sons' Dansom lane works.
In 1950 the Garden Village company was disbanded; some houses were sold to tenants, the entire estate was bought by the Bradford Property Trust, the open spaces known as 'The Oval' and 'The Playground' were tranferred to the City Council for a nominal fee. The area became a designated conservation area in 1970.
in 1961.
Model village
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...
housing built in the early 1900s in the Summergangs
Summergangs
Summergangs is a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, near the A165 road, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The area contains the model village development known as The Garden Village, Kingston upon Hull, and the East Park.-History:...
area of Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
for the workers of Reckitt and Sons.
History and description
The village was built on 140 acres (56.7 ha) of land by the Hull Garden Village Co., a company with £200,000 of capital of which two thirds was contributed by Sir James Reckitt, and with two thirds of the housing reserved for his workers. The company's dividends were limited to 3%.The estate opened in 1908, its design was influenced by the ideas of the Garden city movement
Garden city movement
The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts" , containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and...
. The design was by architects Percy Runton and William Barry. By 1913 600 houses had been built in five sizes and with twelve different styles, generally with a short front garden and long back garden, often accessed by a 'ten foot' alley, a low housing density, built of brick often pebble dashed, with steeply pitched rooves with overhanging eaves, recessed doorways and woodframed windows, privet hedges, and avenued tree planting generalising the design. A second phase of development began in 1923.
Facilities included a shopping centre, club house, a hostel for female workers,, as well as several almshouses, several of which are listed buildings. A substantial number of the ordinary housing stock are now also listed buildings.
During the Hull Blitz
Hull blitz
The Hull Blitz was the Nazi German strategic bombing campaign targeted on the Northern English port city of Kingston upon Hull, almost invariably referred to as Hull, during the Second World War...
the area was badly damaged by bombing, possibly due to its proximity to Reckitt & Sons' Dansom lane works.
In 1950 the Garden Village company was disbanded; some houses were sold to tenants, the entire estate was bought by the Bradford Property Trust, the open spaces known as 'The Oval' and 'The Playground' were tranferred to the City Council for a nominal fee. The area became a designated conservation area in 1970.
Church of St. Columba
A temporary church dedicated to St. Columba had been built in 1914, on Laburnum Avenue also by the architects Runton and Barry, a permanent building was constructed and opened in 1929, but was destroyed during World War II by bombing. A replacement was constructed using some elements of the old structure. The new church became the parish church for the ecclesiastical parish of DrypoolDrypool
Drypool is an area within the city of Kingston upon Hull, EnglandHistorically Drypool was a village, manor and later parish on the east bank River Hull at the confluence of the Humber Estuary and River Hull, it is now part of the greater urban area of Kingston upon Hull, and gives its name to a...
in 1961.