BRICKS AND BRASS

Bricks and Brass. This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. The Queen Anne style remained in vogue into the early Edwardian period. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE Dating Your Period House. This is a guide to dating your period house. To date your house, you can: use a date plaque or mark. study the architectural features. look at a street directory in your local history library. research the original owners of the land. read the registers of electors. use BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I, II, III and IV. Typical features of houses in this period are: window openings are plain, with double-hung sash windows. the roof is BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. ROOF GABLES AND BARGEBOARDS Roof Gables and Bargeboards. Roofs with a gable often have a 'bargeboard'; this wooden panel of a gable end usually has some decorative carving but can be plain. As with most details, more modest houses have plain gables, with the most pattern in the middle Victorian decades. Edwardian bargeboards tend to be fairly simple in

design.

BRICKS & BRASS: EXAMPLE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FLOOR PLANS Example Victorian and Edwardian Floor Plans. To give examples of typical Victorian and Edwardian houses, we have a number of floor plans. 1905, semi-detached house in Bromley, Kent. front elevation. ground floor. first floor. Victorian, four bedroom semi-detached

house.

RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES This is very expensive if you only need a few, but can be reasonable if you need 100. Ridge tiles were either plain, with a roll or with a vertical crest: Plain Ridge Tile* - Bricks & Brass code RT01. Roll-Top* - RT02. Two Hole Hexagonal Crest* - RT05. Examples of crests are: Plain Crest - RT03. Three Hole Crest - BRICKS & BRASS: TUDORBETHAN STYLE The most popular style in the Edwardian era and in the 1920s and 1930s, taking its influences from the Arts and Crafts movement, was the Tudorbethan cottage. The style was also referred to as the 'Quaint', 'Jacobethan', mock Tudor, Jacobean and Elizabethan. With the rise of new ideas in marketing, this style became widely promoted. BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as

BRICKS AND BRASS

Bricks and Brass. This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. The Queen Anne style remained in vogue into the early Edwardian period. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE Dating Your Period House. This is a guide to dating your period house. To date your house, you can: use a date plaque or mark. study the architectural features. look at a street directory in your local history library. research the original owners of the land. read the registers of electors. use BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I, II, III and IV. Typical features of houses in this period are: window openings are plain, with double-hung sash windows. the roof is BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. ROOF GABLES AND BARGEBOARDS Roof Gables and Bargeboards. Roofs with a gable often have a 'bargeboard'; this wooden panel of a gable end usually has some decorative carving but can be plain. As with most details, more modest houses have plain gables, with the most pattern in the middle Victorian decades. Edwardian bargeboards tend to be fairly simple in

design.

BRICKS & BRASS: EXAMPLE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FLOOR PLANS Example Victorian and Edwardian Floor Plans. To give examples of typical Victorian and Edwardian houses, we have a number of floor plans. 1905, semi-detached house in Bromley, Kent. front elevation. ground floor. first floor. Victorian, four bedroom semi-detached

house.

RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES This is very expensive if you only need a few, but can be reasonable if you need 100. Ridge tiles were either plain, with a roll or with a vertical crest: Plain Ridge Tile* - Bricks & Brass code RT01. Roll-Top* - RT02. Two Hole Hexagonal Crest* - RT05. Examples of crests are: Plain Crest - RT03. Three Hole Crest - BRICKS & BRASS: TUDORBETHAN STYLE The most popular style in the Edwardian era and in the 1920s and 1930s, taking its influences from the Arts and Crafts movement, was the Tudorbethan cottage. The style was also referred to as the 'Quaint', 'Jacobethan', mock Tudor, Jacobean and Elizabethan. With the rise of new ideas in marketing, this style became widely promoted. BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Although known as 'the Roaring Twenties', the period mixed post-First World War optimism with years of economic depression. Many of the 1920s houses were in suburban developments in the countryside around existing towns and cities. As with the late-19th century period, these new houses were built in conjunction with new railway lines. Most houses were still built by speculative builders, who BRICKS AND BRASS: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PERIOD HOME To understand the history of your home it is also fun to find out who has lived in it. Visit your local library, perhaps in the nearest larger town; they may have street guides and old electoral rolls. In this section we present the life of a suburban family in about 1890. Once you have got to know your period home, you can begin to care for

it

RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES This is very expensive if you only need a few, but can be reasonable if you need 100. Ridge tiles were either plain, with a roll or with a vertical crest: Plain Ridge Tile* - Bricks & Brass code RT01. Roll-Top* - RT02. Two Hole Hexagonal Crest* - RT05. Examples of crests are: Plain Crest - RT03. Three Hole Crest - BRICKS & BRASS: ART DECO STYLE Art Deco Style. The Art Deco style developed in France between 1908 and 1912 and then spread to the rest of Europe reaching a peak between 1925 and 1935. In 1925, Paris was the location for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes; this gave us the name 'art deco'. The exhibition was meant to occur in 1908 but BRICKS AND BRASS: COMPANY VIEW Masco Walcot . MASCo Walcot are experienced in dismantling, transporting and restoring architectural features. They stock a wide range of reclaimed building materials, including bricks, flagstones

and

BRICKS & BRASS: THE DESIGN OF THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN The colours most commonly encountered on front doors in the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods are bronze green, deep Venetian red and various types of woodgrain effect. It became fashionable to use two colours on exterior joinery in the interwar period. Light Brunswick green and cream was a particularly popular combination that

can still be

BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING IN BRICK WALLS Loosely speaking, 'pointing' is the mortar between bricks. A more accurate definition is that it is the visible edge of the mortar-joint. The mortar is normally a mix of lime and sand, or from the 1920s cement and sand. A colouring is sometimes added. Black mortar uses crushed ash rather than sand. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1940-1959. The modern house appeared in the two decades following the Second World War, the 1940s and 1950s. Rectangular in form, built from cinder-blocks with a brick facing and with a gabled roof clad in concrete roof tiles. The 1940s and 1950s saw a building boom to replace the home damaged and destroyed in the

war.

BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING PROBLEMS Cement pointing has three problems: because it is harder than the bricks, any movement or expansion caused by frost damages the bricks rather than the pointing. if too deep, into the mortar bed, it prevents moisture distributing itself throughout a wall to speed

evaporation. it is

BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as

BRICKS AND BRASS

This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES Please note: The pictures here represent styles of ridge tile found on old buildings. If you need to find replacements, we may be able to help you find them; please quote the number when contacting us.. We don't sell ridge tiles but know the companies which stock the popular designs (marked with *).. The less common designs can be bought from architectural salvage yards - if you can find one BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I,

II, III and IV.

ROOF GABLES AND BARGEBOARDS Roofs with a gable often have a 'bargeboard'; this wooden panel of a gable end usually has some decorative carving but can be plain. As with most details, more modest houses have plain gables, with the most pattern in the middle Victorian decades. BRICKS & BRASS: TUDORBETHAN STYLE Tudorbethan Style. Beginning in the Edwardian era, continuing through the 1920s and 1930s and on to the present day, many house buyers in the UK have wanted to have homes which embodied the styles of what are seen as comfortable periods in history, reflecting a rural life. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE This is a guide to dating your period house. To do this, use a date mark, study the architectural feature, looks at street directory, and read the registers of electors. BRICKS & BRASS: EXAMPLE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FLOOR PLANS Example Victorian and Edwardian Floor Plans. To give examples of typical Victorian and Edwardian houses, we have a number of floor

plans.

BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee . Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century.

BRICKS AND BRASS

This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES Please note: The pictures here represent styles of ridge tile found on old buildings. If you need to find replacements, we may be able to help you find them; please quote the number when contacting us.. We don't sell ridge tiles but know the companies which stock the popular designs (marked with *).. The less common designs can be bought from architectural salvage yards - if you can find one BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I,

II, III and IV.

ROOF GABLES AND BARGEBOARDS Roofs with a gable often have a 'bargeboard'; this wooden panel of a gable end usually has some decorative carving but can be plain. As with most details, more modest houses have plain gables, with the most pattern in the middle Victorian decades. BRICKS & BRASS: TUDORBETHAN STYLE Tudorbethan Style. Beginning in the Edwardian era, continuing through the 1920s and 1930s and on to the present day, many house buyers in the UK have wanted to have homes which embodied the styles of what are seen as comfortable periods in history, reflecting a rural life. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE This is a guide to dating your period house. To do this, use a date mark, study the architectural feature, looks at street directory, and read the registers of electors. BRICKS & BRASS: EXAMPLE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FLOOR PLANS Example Victorian and Edwardian Floor Plans. To give examples of typical Victorian and Edwardian houses, we have a number of floor

plans.

BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee . Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Although known as 'the Roaring Twenties', the period mixed post-First World War optimism with years of economic depression. Many of the 1920s houses were in suburban developments in the countryside around existing towns and cities. As with the late-19th century period, these new houses were built in conjunction with new railway lines. Most houses were still built by speculative builders, who RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES Please note: The pictures here represent styles of ridge tile found on old buildings. If you need to find replacements, we may be able to help you find them; please quote the number when contacting us.. We don't sell ridge tiles but know the companies which stock the popular designs (marked with *).. The less common designs can be bought from architectural salvage yards - if you can find one BRICKS AND BRASS: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PERIOD HOME Some houses wear their design on their sleeve; they are Gothic and proud of it, or have clear Arts and Crafts origins. Many houses however, are more eclectic in their style; the original builder and subsequent owners have mixed and matched the materials used. BRICKS & BRASS: ART DECO STYLE The Eclectic Style appears in houses built from the 1860s onwards. A house is eclectic if it mixes various styles, such as Gothic and Italianate influences, and later Queen Anne and Arts and Crafts. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1940-1959. The modern house appeared in the two decades following the Second World War, the 1940s and 1950s. Rectangular in form, built from cinder-blocks with a brick facing and with a gabled roof clad in concrete roof tiles. BRICKS AND BRASS: COMPANY VIEW Masco Walcot . MASCo Walcot are experienced in dismantling, transporting and restoring architectural features. They stock a wide range of reclaimed building materials, including bricks, flagstones

and

BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING IN BRICK WALLS In some places, the putty line is laid over the surface of the bricks: Lines are put on the surface to align the verticals from the footings to the top of the building; the putty was added from the top downwards but if the brick courses are not aligned, the tuck-pointing needs to

match.

BRICKS & BRASS: THE DESIGN OF THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN The front door styles in period houses were many and varied; typically with fielded panels and stained glass windows. Victorian and Edwardian front doors were sometimes painted a vivid red or green. BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee . Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING PROBLEMS Pointing Problems. Strictly speaking, 'pointing' refers just to the outer section of a mortar joint that beds one brick on another, or where the whole joint has been replaced at a later date.

BRICKS AND BRASS

Bricks and Brass. This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Although known as 'the Roaring Twenties', the period mixed post-First World War optimism with years of economic depression. Many of the 1920s houses were in suburban developments in the countryside around existing towns and cities. As with the late-19th century period, these new houses were built in conjunction with new railway lines. Most houses were still built by speculative builders, who BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. The Queen Anne style remained in vogue into the early Edwardian period. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE Dating Your Period House. This is a guide to dating your period house. To date your house, you can: use a date plaque or mark. study the architectural features. look at a street directory in your local history library. research the original owners of the land. read the registers of electors. use BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I, II, III and IV. Typical features of houses in this period are: window openings are plain, with double-hung sash windows. the roof is BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. BRICKS & BRASS: ART DECO STYLE Art Deco Style. The Art Deco style developed in France between 1908 and 1912 and then spread to the rest of Europe reaching a peak between 1925 and 1935. In 1925, Paris was the location for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes; this gave us the name 'art deco'. The exhibition was meant to occur in 1908 but BRICKS AND BRASS: COMPANY VIEW Masco Walcot . MASCo Walcot are experienced in dismantling, transporting and restoring architectural features. They stock a wide range of reclaimed building materials, including bricks, flagstones

and

BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING PROBLEMSSEE MORE ON BRICKSANDBRASS.CO.UK BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as

BRICKS AND BRASS

Bricks and Brass. This unique web site provides comprehensive and easy-to-find information for people who are looking for an older house, own one, or just love them. We focus on homes from 1750-1950, particularly those from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Although known as 'the Roaring Twenties', the period mixed post-First World War optimism with years of economic depression. Many of the 1920s houses were in suburban developments in the countryside around existing towns and cities. As with the late-19th century period, these new houses were built in conjunction with new railway lines. Most houses were still built by speculative builders, who BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1900-1919. The two decades between 1900 and the start of the First World War are called the 'Edwardian' period, although strictly this means from from 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. The Queen Anne style remained in vogue into the early Edwardian period. BRICKS & BRASS: DATING YOUR PERIOD HOUSE Dating Your Period House. This is a guide to dating your period house. To date your house, you can: use a date plaque or mark. study the architectural features. look at a street directory in your local history library. research the original owners of the land. read the registers of electors. use BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1800-1829. The three decades between 1800 and 1829 was the last period of Georgian style which covers the years between 1714 and 1830, in other words the reigns of Kings George I, II, III and IV. Typical features of houses in this period are: window openings are plain, with double-hung sash windows. the roof is BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The early 1930s were the years of The Depression and the later years a period of uncertainty as developments in Germany unfolded. Many of the 1920s trends in house design and constructions continued; most homes were servant-less. The motorcar played an ever increasing role. Houses were small and children part of the life of the family. BRICKS & BRASS: ART DECO STYLE Art Deco Style. The Art Deco style developed in France between 1908 and 1912 and then spread to the rest of Europe reaching a peak between 1925 and 1935. In 1925, Paris was the location for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes; this gave us the name 'art deco'. The exhibition was meant to occur in 1908 but BRICKS AND BRASS: COMPANY VIEW Masco Walcot . MASCo Walcot are experienced in dismantling, transporting and restoring architectural features. They stock a wide range of reclaimed building materials, including bricks, flagstones

and

BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING PROBLEMSSEE MORE ON BRICKSANDBRASS.CO.UK BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as BRICKS AND BRASS: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PERIOD HOME To understand the history of your home it is also fun to find out who has lived in it. Visit your local library, perhaps in the nearest larger town; they may have street guides and old electoral rolls. In this section we present the life of a suburban family in about 1890. Once you have got to know your period home, you can begin to care for

it

BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE The neo-Gothic architectural and decorative style was fading out in the first few years of this period. Classical ideas saw a return in the 1870s as the Queen Anne Revival and again in the 1890s. Writers were still praising the 'good taste' of the Classical tradition into the 1880s. Among wealthy Americans, and to a lesser extent the British, these Classical styles dominated in the palatial BRICKS & BRASS: POINTING PROBLEMS Cement pointing has three problems: because it is harder than the bricks, any movement or expansion caused by frost damages the bricks rather than the pointing. if too deep, into the mortar bed, it prevents moisture distributing itself throughout a wall to speed

evaporation. it is

RIDGE TILES IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN HOUSES This is very expensive if you only need a few, but can be reasonable if you need 100. Ridge tiles were either plain, with a roll or with a vertical crest: Plain Ridge Tile* - Bricks & Brass code RT01. Roll-Top* - RT02. Two Hole Hexagonal Crest* - RT05. Examples of crests are: Plain Crest - RT03. Three Hole Crest - BRICKS & BRASS: TUDORBETHAN STYLE The most popular style in the Edwardian era and in the 1920s and 1930s, taking its influences from the Arts and Crafts movement, was the Tudorbethan cottage. The style was also referred to as the 'Quaint', 'Jacobethan', mock Tudor, Jacobean and Elizabethan. With the rise of new ideas in marketing, this style became widely promoted. BRICKS & BRASS: DOOR FURNITURE FITTINGS Door Furniture Fittings. When looking at a period house door, you can dissect it into many different fittings. The most obvious are knockers, hinges and finger plates. Often these components would be combined; for example an escutcheon might be incorporated into a finger plate, or the pull on a front door combined with the knocker. BRICKS & BRASS: THE SERVANT AS EMPLOYEE The Servant as Employee. Most Victorian and Edwardian households were run by servants. Over one million people worked in domestic service at the end of the 19th century. One in three of these were young women or girls under twenty years of age. A wealthy household might have employed several servants' but even ordinary people such as BRICKS & BRASS: DESIGN OF THE PERIOD HOUSE Design of the Period House - 1940-1959. The modern house appeared in the two decades following the Second World War, the 1940s and 1950s. Rectangular in form, built from cinder-blocks with a brick facing and with a gabled roof clad in concrete roof tiles. The 1940s and 1950s saw a building boom to replace the home damaged and destroyed in the

war.

BRICKS & BRASS: THE DESIGN OF THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN The colours most commonly encountered on front doors in the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods are bronze green, deep Venetian red and various types of woodgrain effect. It became fashionable to use two colours on exterior joinery in the interwar period. Light Brunswick green and cream was a particularly popular combination that

can still be

SURVEY TERMS & CONDITIONS Survey: Typical Terms & Conditions. This is an example of the Terms and Conditions for a Structural Survey. It includes the object or objectives of the survey, the need to access parts of the building for a full survey, what to do about hidden areas, how the roof, walls and floors will be inspected, the issue of dangerous materials and the occupants' health, the inspection of Services

* Home

* Buying Period House * Finding a Period House * Choosing a Period House

* Listed Buildings

* New or Old?

* The Buying Process

* The Survey

* Getting to Know

* Introduction

* Events and Inventions

* Gallery

* Dating Your House

* Design by Era

* Design by Style

* Design by Room

* Design by Element

* Decorative Features and Furnishings * People in Your Period Home

* Caring

* Period House Care

* Restoration Principles * Planning Your Project

* DIY Dangers

* DIY by Room

* DIY by Element

* DIY by Material

* Styling Your Period Home

* Tools

* Resources

* Site Map

* Search Bricks and Brass * Find a Product or Service

* Period House News

* Books

* Terminology

* Events

* Places to Visit

* Useful Links

* Local Government

* Media

* Why Advertise?

* Our Visitors

* Our Advertising Products

* Contact Form

* Advertiser Logon

* Press and Media

* About Us

* Testimonials

* Top Topics

* What's New?

* House for Press or TV

* Contacting Us

* Can You Help?

* Questionnaire

* Copyright

* Disclaimer

THIS UNIQUE WEB SITE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND EASY-TO-FIND INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN OLDER HOUSE, OWN ONE, OR JUST LOVE THEM. WE FOCUS ON HOMES FROM 1750-1950, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE GEORGIAN, VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERIODS.

BUYING

Are you going to buy a Period Home?

GETTING TO KNOW

Understand why your house looks like it does.

CARING

Read tips on caring for your house WANT TO BUY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES? Search our Directory SUPPLY PRODUCTS & SERVICES Reach over 30,000 Period House owners ABOUT BRICKS & BRASS

Read about us

We don’t sell stuff - we just provide free, impartial and practical advice so you can buy and care for houses. These old houses are wonderful to live in, and will last for many decades longer than the plastic boxes often built today. DO YOU JUST WANT TO BROWSE THE WHOLE SITE? TRY THE MAP OF OUR SITE Please view our Policy on Cookies