Abstract:The ladies' residential chambers of the late nineteenth century provided models for a new building type: purpose-built, architect-designed hostels for the new waves of low-waged women working in Brita...The ladies' residential chambers of the late nineteenth century provided models for a new building type: purpose-built, architect-designed hostels for the new waves of low-waged women working in Britain's cities. From 1900, a vast increase of clerical women workers meant there was a great need for affordable and respectable accommodation. The resultant working women's hostels are defined by their homely architectural style and the provision of private spaces and communal areas, which together enabled independence and a mutual support structure. Many of the buildings were also architecturally impressive with notable Edwardian architects much involved in their design. A handful of these buildings have been listed and a further few deserve assessment in the future. This paper aspires to set a historical context for the building type so that assessments can be made for the designation and conservation of this little-known building type that played an important role in the housing of twentieth-century working women.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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