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Suburbs
Not everyone lived on houses provided by
the Corporation and after the First World War Liverpool
expanded, as private developers built houses in such areas
as Childwall, Allerton, Woolton, West Derby and Aigburth.
These were semi-detached or detached houses. The number
of people working in banking and insurance, or as teachers,
shopkeepers, engineers, doctors etc. grew and so did their
demand for houses.
Houses were seen as status symbols and it now became realistic
to buy a house rather than renting. A semi-detached house
could be purchased for £595 or 14s 1d (70p) a week.
Right: Liverpool Street Directory
1936 showing people living in Childwall Crescent. |
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Wavertree
Nook Road, at the junction with Nook Rise, about 1910. |
Liverpool Garden Suburb
A different approach to suburban development was tried
in the Liverpool (or as it is usually known today, Wavertree)
Garden Suburb. In 1910 an estate of 180 acres, between
Childwall and Broadgreen was bought for development by
the Liverpool Garden Suburb Tenants Ltd. Their objective
was to build houses "amid surroundings which conduce both
health and pleasure."
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In many parts of Liverpool there could
be as many as forty houses per acre. The Garden Suburb
Tenants intended to build at a density of only 10 or 12
per acre. Open spaces were an important feature of the
design, with provision being made for a bowling green
and a tennis club. These houses were built for rent rather
than sale and houses in Wavertree Nook Road were available
for £21 or £22 a year.
Unfortunately the First World War intervened and the area
to the east of Queens Drive was never developed as part
of the estate.
Right: Map showing the intended
area of the Liverpool Garden Suburb. |
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