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A Guide to Port Sunlight Village
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The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the garden city movement more generally.This guide considers the village in its historical context, with particular emphasis on the planning and architectural aspects. It explains the social and visual significance of Port Sunlight and the reasons for its being unique in the history of town planning, as well as looking at the way its development was influenced by changing fashions in civic design. The relevance of Levers own character and interests his social conscience, his love of art and beauty and his architectural enthusiasms is also examined.
Two tours, one for pedestrians and one for car drivers, which include and describe the most significant buildings of the village, are an additional feature of the guide.
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Liverpool University Press; May 2005
112 pages; ISBN 9781846312502
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112 pages; ISBN 9781846312502
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1846312507
9780853234555
9781846312502

