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Back to back housing, popular for 19th century low-class homes throughout Northern England, was outlawed in most towns by 1909, finally becoming obsolete in Leeds by 1937. [1] Although the worst slums deemed "unfit for human habitation" were demolished, progress on removing terraced estates was slow.
After 1890 brick terraced and back-to-back houses were built, but of better quality than workers' housing elsewhere in Leeds, as they were intended for artisans and the lower middle class. [4] The advent of the electric tram in 1901 made the area more accessible and further housing began to fill in empty spaces [5] though this was of varied types.
Low quality houses were constructed for working class people at a high density, with scant regard for space, comfort or quality of life. Most back-to-backs were small: early examples had just a single room on each floor, while later houses were two-up two-down. Every house shared a rear wall, whether with a house directly behind or with an ...
Lower class, middle class, and upper class are all widely used, but rarely defined terms. For some people, lower class means living in poverty, upper class means a life of luxury, and middle class ...
In the 1950s and '60s it became largely council housing [2] and now consists of a mixture of high and low-rise flats and housing. The area falls within the Little London and Woodhouse ward of the City of Leeds Council. The area is divided into four estates; Lovell Park, Oatlands, Carlton and the Servias.
In Leeds, where many slum clearances were of back-to-back houses, the land they occupied was very small and usually incapable of supporting any new profitable developments; this impacted upon site-value compensation. [6] While new council housing had been built, little had been done to resolve the problem of inner-city slums.
Leeds had one development of medium rise large scale flats, which were built in Quarry Hill in the 1930s, however they were more conventional in their enclosed design. Construction of the complex of 350 flats and maisonettes began in 1968 [1] The complex was commissioned by Leeds City Council and built by Shepherd Construction. The building was ...
Leeds' growth in the 19th century led to mass migration to the city; this resulted in many areas of the city becoming overcrowded and many new houses being built. [36] The industrial revolution led to the increase in both working and middle classes, leading to the building of many new houses, aimed at both classes.