Editing Semi-detached (section)

===Model villages===
In the wool towns of Yorkshire, three factory-owning families built villages for their workers. In each, there was a hierarchy of houses: [[Pre-regulation terraced houses in the United Kingdom|long terraces]] for the workers, larger houses in shorter terraces for the overlookers (overseers), semi-detached houses for the junior managers, and detached houses for the elite.{{sfn|Lofthouse|2012}} The first such village was built by [[Edward Ackroyd|Colonel Edward Ackroyd]], at [[Copley, West Yorkshire]], between 1849 and 1853, the second by [[Sir Titus Salt]] at [[Saltaire]] (1851–1861), and the third was the West Hill Park Estate in [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] built by [[John Crossley]]. [[Model village]]s in Lancashire followed, with developments like [[Houldsworth Model Village|Houldsworth Village]]. Semi-detached housing in [[colliery]] villages was rare; status here was determined by the length of the terrace.

The development of [[Port Sunlight]] and [[Bournville]] was important. The Port Sunlight model village was begun in 1887. [[William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme|William Lever]] used architects William Owen and his son Segar Owen and stated in 1888 that:

<blockquote><p>It is my and my brother's hope, some day, to build houses in which our work-people will be able to live and be comfortable – semi-detached houses with gardens back and front, in which they will be able to know more about the science of life than they can in a back-to-back slum.{{sfn|Lofthouse|2012}}</p></blockquote>

At Bournville in 1879 the [[George Cadbury|Cadbury]] development started with a detached house for the manager and six pairs of semis with large gardens for key workers. By 1895 the village was made up of semis and short terraces, showing that a low density layout could be a practical possibility even for the working classes. The examples of Bournville and Port Sunlight were seized on by [[Ebenezer Howard]], and they became key models for the [[Garden City movement]].{{sfn|Lofthouse|2012}}