Homes for all: a history of British housing | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
From Victorian terraces to modernist apartments, industrial lofts to Georgian piles, we are in thrall to period homes. Original detail – be it sash windows or iron girders – is king, so much so that we ignore the drawbacks of old houses: draughty windows, tough planning laws, and identikit layout.
According to a new exhibition that traces the history of British mass housing, there's a very good reason we love old houses: space. Period homes, compared with contemporary ones, have lots of it.
"The generosity of space in Georgian and Victorian housing, in particular, is its lasting legacy," says Mike Althorpe, curator of A Place To Call Home: Where We Live And Why. "These homes have high ceilings, big windows and outdoor space, in comparison to most new housing, which has small rooms and low ceilings."
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