Post Office and Workers housing, Port Sunlight, Merseyside

The Post Office and houses in Greendale Road shown here were built between 1891 and 1894 as part of the model village of Port Sunlight. Built by Lever Brothers to house the workers in their soap works the village was characterised by wide roads and broad pavements. Many of the buildings here were built to look like they were from the Tudor period, this is known as 'mock Tudor'style.

Location

Merseyside Port Sunlight

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

timber framed planned house housing worker people victorian (1837 - 1901)