Download - Building Class
Explore Building Classes for Some of the Major Urban Areas in the UK
The Building Class data provides detailed information about residential housing types including the house age and structural type. This information can be used for urban regeneration studies, crime monitoring, urban flooding and urban gardens.
Classifications
The below classifications can be found in the attribute table of the shapefiles available for download below.
Age |
Structure |
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| 1. Historic to end Georgian - 1837 | 1. Very Tall Flats (point blocks) | 9. Planned balanced-mixed estates |
| 2. Early and Middle Victorian 1837 - 1870 | 2. Tall flats 6 - 15 storeys (slabs) | 10. Standard size semis |
| 3. Late Victorian/Edwardian 1870 - 1914 | 3. Medium height flats 5 - 6 storeys | 11. Semi type house in multiples of 4,6,8 etc |
| 4. World War I - World War II 1914 - 1945 | 4. Lower 3 - 4 storey and smaller flats, detached and linked | 12. Large property semis |
| 5. Post war regeneration 1945 - 1964 | 5. Tall terraces 3 - 4 storeys | 13. Smaller detached houses |
| 6. Sixties/seventies 1964 - 1979 | 6. Low terraces, 2 storeys with large T-rear extension | 14. Large detached houses |
| 7. Recent years 1979 - photo date | 7. Low terraces, small | 15. Very large detached houses, sometimes now flats |
| 8. Linked and step linked houses, 2 - 3 or mixed 2 and 3 storeys | 16. Bungalows, both detached and semi detached | |
| 17. Single storey small houses |
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The licensing terms of the Building Classes are the same as the Cities Revealed licensing agreement.
