Flashcards on British Housing: Types and Evolution
British Housing: Types and Evolution – Student Guide
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British housing
14 cards
Card 1
Question: What is notable about Britain's population density and housing situation today?
Answer: Britain is very cramped with over 60 million people on a small island; most have homes but the cost of living and house prices are high, making owners
Card 2
Question: What type of houses did most people live in when Britain was mainly a country of farms?
Answer: Cottages in small villages, some built as early as the 15th or 16th centuries, often with thatched roofs and local materials.
Card 3
Question: What features are typical of traditional English cottages and their gardens?
Answer: Quaint, picturesque cottages with small cottage gardens growing traditional English flowers and herbs for cooking.
Card 4
Question: What housing type arose during industrialisation for town workers, and how were they arranged?
Answer: Terraced houses: rows of small houses joined together, built in the 19th century.
Card 5
Question: What living conditions did early urban terraced houses often have?
Answer: People lived very close together with few toilets and poor sanitation, though there was a sense of community.
Card 6
Question: What happened to many old terraced areas that became very run-down?
Answer: They were called slums, deemed unfit to live in, pulled down in the 1960s, and replaced by high-rise blocks of flats.
Card 7
Question: Why were 1960s high-rise blocks of flats later replaced, and with what?
Answer: People disliked living away from their communities, so within about 30 years the high-rises were replaced with new low-rise housing.
Card 8
Question: What is a bungalow and who typically prefers them?
Answer: A bungalow is a very low-rise house with all rooms on one floor; older people often retire to bungalows by the sea.
Card 9
Question: Describe detached houses and who lived in them historically.
Answer: Detached houses stand alone, surrounded by a large garden; they were bought by people in the suburbs with a little more money.
Card 10
Question: What are semi-detached houses and when did they become common?
Answer: Semi-detached houses are pairs of houses joined together (two joined), built after WWI; most British people live in one today.