Main entry:

Galinou, Mireille.

Title & Author:

Cottages and villas : the birth of the garden suburb / Mireille Galinou.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.

Description:

544 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-528) and index.
The Eyre family and the estate of St John's Wood -- A master plan for St John's Wood -- First steps, 1805-20 -- Early residential designs -- Creating and maintaining a garden quarter -- The community and its services -- Infrastructure -- Artists' quarter -- Spiritual St John's Wood -- Postcript -- Epilogue: from fields to tower blocks-landmarks in St John's Wood.

Summary:

"The garden suburb has its origins in London, and, contrary to widespread belief, its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the 20th century, with the much discussed garden-city movement, but one century earlier, with the creation of the Eyre brothers' villa estate in the London suburb of St. John's Wood. This fascinating book gives the first detailed, accurate and well-illustrated account of the Eyre Estate. It provides the missing link in the history of British suburbs. Drawing on the resources of the newly catalogued Eyre archive, it offers an authoritative interpretation of the development and management of this pioneering estate from the eighteenth century onwards."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780300167269 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300167261 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Eyre family.
Garden suburbs England London.
Banlieues-jardins Angleterre Londres.
Garden suburbs.
Garten.
Vorort.
St. John's Wood (London, England) History.
England London.
England London St. John's Wood.
London.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271326
Call No.: BIB 204334
Status: Available