66 Housing and Town Planning. Garden Cities 



compelled to live under conditions which are not 

 creditable to our civilisation, for they are housed in 

 close, dirty, evil-smelling lanes and courts, where they 

 are strangers to fresh air and sunshine, and without 

 opportunity for healthy recreation. 



One of the most notable of the modern garden cities 

 was founded by Mr Cadbury on the Bournville Estate 

 outside Birmingham. The project was well considered 



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Bournville 



and the planning of the village carefully thought out 

 in advance. It was laid down that there must be no 

 crowding of cottages on the land, that each house must 

 have its own garden, and that no building must occupy 

 more than one-fourth part of the plot on which it 

 stands. It was arranged that the houses should stand 

 well back from the roads, which should be planted 

 with trees, and that a large area should be set aside for 

 parks and recreation grounds. 



