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What era is this house?
We draw a house, you name the era. Sash windows, sunrise gates and chimney pots all give the game away, if you know where to look.
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When was this house built?
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Put the street in order
Tap the houses from oldest to newest. Tap one again to take its number off.
How to find out when your house was built
The front of a house is a good guess. These are the places that know for certain.
- Your energy certificate The assessor records an age band, such as built 1930 to 1949. Our EPC checker shows it for any home in England or Wales.
- Your title deeds Older deeds and the title register often name the year the land was first sold or built on.
- The council's records Planning and building control files go back decades in most areas. The council can tell you what it holds.
- Old maps Find the first Ordnance Survey map your house appears on and the one before it where it doesn't. Local libraries and archives hold them. Plenty are online too.
The eras, one by one
How to spot each one and what tends to need looking after in a house that age.
- Georgian 1714 to 1836 Flat, calm fronts and the roof hidden away.
- Victorian 1837 to 1900 Bays, slate and chimney pots in rows.
- Edwardian 1901 to 1918 Wider, lighter and fond of a porch.
- Between the wars 1919 to 1939 The semi, the sunrise and the steel window.
- Post-war 1945 to 1964 Plainer brick, concrete tiles, prefabs.
- Sixties and seventies 1965 to 1982 Picture windows and tile hanging.
- Eighties and nineties 1983 to 1999 Brown windows and a cul-de-sac.
- New build 2000 on Grey windows, render and solar from day one.
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