April 2022

So to close our case study of inter-war rural council housing in south Holderness it is clear that the newly formed Holderness R.D.C. (s.p.n.s) made a considerable impact on housing accommodation within the region (s.p.b.). Although the new council houses included inside water closets, a very modern asset for low-paid families, no electricity supply was […]

Holderness Rural District Council had a list of 12 house-types from which to select the best combination for the requirements for a given village (s.p.b.s). By 1940, in the ex-Skirlaugh R.D.C. parishes nine of the 12 had been built, at Brandesburton five of the 12 were chosen for the new council houses there, three types

Chapter five of my thesis (s.p.b.s and section three of this website) dealing with ‘House Types and Costs’ mainly focusses on primary sourced evidence about Driffield Rural District Council because they actually built some 1920s/’30s council housing while Skirlaugh R.D.C. were just converting the ex-workhouse at Skirlaugh (s.p.b.s). However, listed below are some details of

In the late 1930s the Holderness Rural District Council (s.p.b.s) made the progressive decision to match soon-to-be-built council housing with the types of families being re-homed, these 12 options ranging from one bedroomed bungalows, for single elderly persons or couples, to four bedroomed houses for large families. As a result by early 1938 three local