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Here are some of the most important issues relating to Belgravia properties for sale
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Changing uses of Belgravia properties for saleMost of the more run-of-the-mill Belgravia properties for sale, put up in the 19th century, have long since been converted into flats. This conversion of traditional Belgravia properties for sale happened from the 1970s onwards. Houses became less attractive to families in the 20th century as it became possible to live much further out of London, in the countryside, and still be able to reach Central London by train. On the other hand, many couples and businessmen saw the attraction of living in a flat in Belgravia, and flats became the typical Belgravia properties for sale. |
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What Belgravia properties for sale owe the Great Fire of LondonStringent building regulations limited how builders and architects could modify the design of Belgravia properties for sale . Changes which occurred in Belgravia properties for sale mainly came about as a result of improved manufacturing methods. To reduce fire risk, the use of timber in new Belgravia properties for sale was severely limited. No wood could be placed within one foot of the front of a chimney. Timber in Belgravia properties for sale was banned inside walls round chimney flues. The flues serving the fireplaces were required to be placed inside party walls, back to back with the fireplace of adjoining Belgravia properties for sale, to save space. |
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Terraces of Belgravia properties for saleBrick properties for sale in terraces were introduced by the Georgians as the standard design for Belgravia properties for sale . Subsequently most Belgravia properties for sale were built in terraces throughout the 19th century. The Georgians adopted a plain and symmetrical style and Belgravia properties for sale from that era are uniform in style and layout. As time passed a more elaborate design, following Italian examples, developed and Belgravia properties for sale had facades containing classical pilasters, pediments, and decorative mouldings. This resulted in a whole terrace being treated as one composition - the “palace fronted terrace” – becoming fashionable for Belgravia properties for sale . Here the whole terrace would have an identical stuccoed front elevation, with regular pilasters for each house, and a central pediment crowning the central houses.
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Garden squares as a layout for Belgravia properties for saleAlthough most Belgravia properties for sale were built in rows or terraces, many were built round specially constructed squares. Most squares were constructed with the Belgravia properties for sale grouped round it and facing onto it across a road. Most Victorian developments of Belgravia properties for sale followed a similar pattern. But later Victorian developers, constructed estates with “hidden gardens” between the backs of the Belgravia properties for sale and to which the houses had direct rear access. Belgravia properties for sale might have small front areas, but not considerable front gardens. |
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Appearance of Belgravia properties for saleAs a result of the restrictive rules on buildings, the basic Georgian Belgravia properties for sale emerged, brick fronted or stone clad, with a metal balcony at the first floor level. The main structure of such Belgravia properties for sale was a rectangular box, built in stock-brick, and topped with a roof of Welsh slates. The roof of these Belgravia properties for sale was either concealed behind a brick parapet or built in the form of a mansard with dormer windows. A timber frame formed the internal construction of all but the larger houses. Brick walls were only used internally at basement level or to support a stone wall-hung staircase, or to give added structural support in particularly large Belgravia properties for sale. The façade of Belgravia properties for sale would be brick faced, with plain inset sash windows and doors, with a metal balcony at the first floor level. The joists supporting the floors which ran between the front and back walls of such Belgravia properties for sale were wood. So was the framework of the internal partition walls from the ground floor upwards. The typical London town house was established during the Georgian period and remained more-or-less unchanged until the last quarter of the 19th century.
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Belgravia properties for sale internal layoutsAverage sized Belgravia properties for sale were about 20 feet wide and 30 feet deep, with three or four storeys above a basement. Internally the layout of these Belgravia properties for sale was surprisingly uniform. The successful pattern had been devised in the 18th century and builders stuck to it. |
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Different types of Belgravia properties for saleThe Building Act of 1774 classified new Belgravia properties for sale into 4 “rates” depending on the value of the house. Each type of Belgravia properties for sale had its own structural rules. (The poor were not to be as well protected as the rich.) “First rate” Belgravia properties for sale had to have a minimum floor space of 900 square feet. “Second rate” Belgravia properties for sale could be between 500 and 900 square feet. For “third rate” Belgravia properties for sale it was 350 to 500 square feet and for “fourth rate” it was a minimum of 350 square feet. But although the minimum size of a house was specified, there was no restriction on the number of people who could live there. |
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Expansion of basements of Belgravia properties for saleThe kitchen, scullery and pantries of Belgravia properties for sale were contained in the basements. In Victorian times it was realised that an annexe could be built at the back of Belgravia properties for sale at garden level to provide additional room space without blocking the light from the main “ground” floor rooms. |
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Belgravia properties for sale - ground floorIt was only in the Regency period that the ground floor became the main family floor of Belgravia properties for sale. In early Georgian times it had been normal for the ground floor to be for services and servants' accommodation and it was the first floor of Belgravia properties for sale which was the main floor where the family lived. So in the Victorian period the ground floor contained two main rooms next to a narrow entrance hall. The dining-room of Belgravia properties for sale was at the front. Behind it was the smaller parlour or morning-room. The dining-room might be a little deeper than the front rooms on the upper floors. The ‘parlour’ behind was usually narrower than the dining-room because it had to accommodate the extra width of the stairs at the end of the hall of Belgravia properties for sale. |
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Bedrooms in Belgravia properties for saleThe owner’s bedroom would usually be on the second floor, with provision for children’s rooms and servants’ rooms on this or higher floors in accordance with the scale of the house. The bedroom floors of Belgravia properties for sale were usually similar in plan to the living room floors but were sometimes subdivided into smaller rooms, particularly on the top floor. In larger Belgravia properties for sale the stair to the top floor might take the form of a small accommodation stair outside the main stairwell, and in such cases it was normally of timber construction. |
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