The Bournville Village 'Trust 
tition among the 
tradesmen. It 
was decreed that 
the houses occupy 
only one-fourth 
of the sites, the 
remaining por¬ 
tions to be used as 
gardens or open 
spaces. Any part 
of the Trust prop¬ 
erty may be used 
for shops, factor¬ 
ies, etc., but no 
factory can occupy 
more than one- 
fifteenth of the 
total area of the 
estate upon which 
it may be built. 
Bournville has 
therefore many the village inn 
small parks scat¬ 
tered here and there; and following every¬ 
where the natural undulations of the well- 
wooded ground, rise houses that are as pic¬ 
turesque as their surroundings, never weary¬ 
ing the eye with one monotonous style of 
architecture. The village butcher shop is an 
object lesson teaching that commercial archi¬ 
tecture may possess distinction; the post- 
office is a picture; and “Ye Olde Village 
Inne ” is an artistic abode of peace and 
comfort. 
The clause relating to the sale of intoxi¬ 
cating liquors provides that no building may 
be used for its sale without the unanimous 
consent of the 
Trustees. The 
latter may impose 
such restrictions 
as they see fit. 
That Mr. Cad- 
bury has suc¬ 
ceeded in his 
experiments there 
can be no doubt. 
He has estab¬ 
lished an ideal 
town, a place that 
workingmen love 
to call home, be¬ 
cause they in a interior of the 
BOURNVILLE 
sense possess it, and because it embodies all 
that makes life worth living to them. Nor 
can too much credit be given to Mr. W. 
Alexander Harvey, the architect, who has 
given his best efforts to bring to the town 
an architectural excellence far above the 
average and unequaled by any village in 
the world. Like all things that succeed, our 
goal is set one step higher when something 
great is done. 
Not only are such men as Mr. Cadbury 
working for the good of the present genera¬ 
tion of their fellows, but for the great good 
of those yet unborn. As the years go on, and 
healthful and hap¬ 
py towns spring 
up throughout the 
civilized world, a 
fine people, who 
live well, act well, 
and are well, will 
be the monu¬ 
ment to the 
memories of the 
noble men who 
spent their ener¬ 
gy, their time and 
their money that 
slums might cease 
INN AT BOURNVILLE tO exist. 
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