A guide to Port Sunlight village : including two tours of the village / Edward Hubbard and Michael Shippobottom.

Main entry:

Hubbard, Edward.

Title & Author:

A guide to Port Sunlight village : including two tours of the village / Edward Hubbard and Michael Shippobottom.

Edition:

2nd (rev.) ed.

Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2005.

Description:

103 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 104).
1. The founder -- 2. Background -- 3. Planning and development -- 4. Housing and architectural character -- 5. Public buildings -- 6. Fame and influence -- Tours of the village -- Walk : heritage centre to Lady Lever Art Gallery -- Drive : Lady Lever Art Gallery to heritage centre -- App. 1. Demolished buildings -- App. 2. Notes on architects.

Summary:

"The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W.H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the garden city movement more generally." "This guide considers the village in its historical context, with particular emphasis on the planning and architectural aspects. It explains the social and visual significance of Port Sunlight and the reasons for its being unique in the history of town planning, as well as looking at the way its development was influenced by changing fashions in civic design. The relevance of Lever's own character and interests - his social conscience, his love of art and beauty and his architectural enthusiasms - is also examined."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0853234558 (paperback)
9780853234555 (paperback)

Subject:

Buildings.
Port Sunlight (England) Guidebooks.
Port Sunlight (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Port Sunlight (Angleterre) Guides.
Port Sunlight (Angleterre) Constructions.
England Port Sunlight.

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Shippobottom, Michael.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249551
Call No.: BIB 179143
Status: Available

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