Villages

NOTES: Edensor was moved from its original to site its present one between 1838 and 1842 at the wish of the sixth Duke of Devonshire not to have the village in sight of Chatsworth. The planning of the new site was entrusted to the Duke's gardener, Joseph Paxton.

NOTES: Edensor was moved from its original site to its present one between 1838 and 1842 at the wish of the sixth Duke of Devonshire not to have the village in sight of Chatsworth. The planning of the new site was entrusted to the Duke's gardener, Joseph Paxton.

NOTES: In 1978, this scheme was given a DOE Award for Good Design in Housing in the category of public sector scheme of one or two more dweliings.

NOTES: Coates prepared designs for the Iroquois New Town in connection with the St Lawrence Seaway and power project.

NOTES: The Perthshire village of Fortingall was built between 1890 and 1891 for shipowner Sir Donald Currie, who had bought the Glenlyon Estate, including the village, in 1885. It was designed by James M MacLaren and remains an important example of Arts and Crafts vernacular architecture in Scotland. See RIBA158495 for a colour of this image.

NOTES: This view has similarities with the views of Hare Street, Essex, as seen from Humphry Repton's garden (see RIBA4076 and RIBA6215). This drawing is in a sketchbook compiled by Repton (1798 to circa 1805) while working in the office of John Nash.