Exhibition cottage, Cross Street, Letchworth Garden City
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Exhibition cottage, Cross Street, Letchworth Garden City
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 5 Oct 2016
In 1905 Letchworth Garden City was the venue of the Cheap Cottages Exhibition, the aim of which to design and build a cottage for under £150. 131 residences were built, the vast majority of which are still standing. The image shows a single-storey cottage in Cross Street - the history of the building is recorded at this http://www.exhibitioncottages.info/CottageHistories.html. The exhibition was a phenomenal success, so much so that the exercise was repeated in 1907.
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Image Location
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51.98299
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-0.226116