Architecture

I am in Sussex for five days visiting friends and family.

This time I have noticed more than ever before the differing styles of housing architecture, Victorian, the boxy 60's style, the modern estates and more than ever before the small housing developments that are springing up everywhere, all with less than twelve houses so that the developers comply with the regulations and do not have to provide social housing within their developments.

For the first time I am seeing and appreciating the diversity of the many different housing styles we have in the UK. The warmness of the brick, the bay windows, the taller two and now sometimes three storey houses and the thought that goes in to the design to ensure that they are pleasing to the eye. This is in complete contrast to French housing, the cool stone or rendered finish, where the majority of housing is single storey or with a bedroom or two in the loft and above all the housing is practical and functional.. the aesthetics are usually an afterthought and comprise of a couple of window boxes !!.