Bedhampton Housing

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An older style house in Old Bedhampton
An older style house in Old Bedhampton
1930s Semi-Detached
1930s Semi-Detached

Bedhampton in the United Kingdom, a Hampshire locality joined to the town of Havant, has a mixture of: older houses, many (but not all) in what is known as Old Bedhampton[1]; post war municipal housing at Stockheath[2], built in the late 50s and 60s at the southern end of the Leigh Park estate, a significant proportion of which is now privately owned[3];and a range of private housing, largely semi-detached[4].

Municipal Housing, some now privately owned
Municipal Housing, some now privately owned
1960s semi-detached
1960s semi-detached

Notes

  1. ^ The area from Kingscroft Lane to Mill Lane, around the parish church and up to Manor Farm.
  2. ^ The area from Hooks Lane Field northwards to The Hermitage Stream, bounded to the west by Tarrant gardens and to the east by New Road
  3. ^ In the early 80s, the (Conservative) government of the day passed legislation enabling sitting tenants to buy their own home; after three years they were free to sell on the open market.
  4. ^ Such as the roads, built by Hilson Homes in 1961, clustered around the Bowood Sewer