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The Results.

It is only by comparing the conditions at Port Sunlight with
those of other residential areas that the full measure of their value
can be ascertained. In some respects the outsider is perhaps a better
judge of the success of such a village than are the residents, who
come to take a good deal for granted. Thus the visitor who now
for the first time goes to Port Sunlight and realises the extent and
quality of the work done is naturally much impressed by the variety
and interest which the whole village affords, whilst those who are in
constant residence may not realise it so keenly. It is hardly possible
that those who live in the many charming cottages which have
sprung up in this country in recent years, or who have lived a long

time in some of the
best of our old
English cottages,
can take that
delight in their
appearance which
the detached
observer feels. It
is quite possible
that wide staring
panes of glass and
sash windows and
treeless streets have
as many admirers
amongst the average
public as are
found for the
quaint latticed windows
and leafy
avenues of Port
Sunlight. But the

II. EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT STORES AND
COLLEGIUM.

DOUGLAS AND FORDHAM,

Architects.

air of detachment which inevitably goes with the outside observer
of new places is an element of some moment in arriving at an
estimate of results. It is obvious that the estimation of a place
like this may be based upon practical issues chiefly, or from the
purely artistic standpoint, or again, from a point of view which
includes both. The main concern of this book is to emphasise
the artistic and picturesque qualities of the village whilst not
overlooking the fact that artistic values should not be obtained
by the sacrifice of practical needs. This could be the only
possible point of view which would give final satisfaction to the
business man. It is maintained that no undertaking in the world
which has been based on purely artistic desires and which has
had no basis of practical value has been of any lasting value.
The whole foundation of Port Sunlight is believed to consist or

12. COTTAGES IN CORNICHE ROAD.

GRAYSON AND OULD,

Architects.

practical values and
sound business
principles.