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House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door

By (author) Melanie Backe-Hansen

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In House Histories, Britainâ€™s leading house historian uncovers the hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary houses across the country. The wide range of houses, from workersâ€™ cottages to aristocratic mansions, offers a unique insight into our social and architectural history. Tudor farmhouses, Georgian town houses, modernist twentieth-century designs and converted factories all have a tale to tell. Melanie Backe-Hansen digs into the past of homes once occupied by famous figures such as H.G. Wells and Benjamin Disraeli, â€˜Miss Moneypennyâ€™ and the Second World War SOE recruits. Details of the daily lives of ordinary people emerge from the railway and fishermenâ€™s cottages or silk weaversâ€™ terraces in which they lived. From Hampstead Garden Suburb to the slum clearances of Manchesterâ€™s Hulme, the reader is taken through the centuries of change experienced by each house, exploring past occupants and architectural alterations. Entries are illustrated with a range of historic maps, photographs, prints, archive records and contemporary images. As a nation we are obsessed by property: prices, interior design and restoration, and the creation of a home. Now there is another avenue to explore: your houseâ€™s history. House Histories helps readers get started by outlining the main research sources and how to use them.

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