No 57: History of a House

Watch No 57: History of a House

  • 2004
  • 1 Season

No 57: History Of A House is a mini-series on the history of architecture, home and building design. The series covers topics such as the last 200 years in British architecture. The series covers how British architecture affected a Georgian home, and shows a behind the scenes look at the home and its many amazing features from this period in history. It also covers how the local residents were affected by the home when first built, and how they react to it today. Also covered in the series is how technology and modern advances have become part of domestic lifestyles.

No 57: History of a House is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (6 episodes). The series first aired on January 1, 2004.

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Seasons
Episode 6
6. Episode 6
January 1, 2004
Presented by Maxwell Hutchinson, this last programme in the series looks at No 57 from 1969 to the present day. When John Macey bought the house in the late 1960s it was practically derelict and it was a two year labour of love to turn it back into a family home. Now the house is in one of the most desirable areas in Bristol and this programme examines what influences might affect the design choices of a contemporary family.
Episode 5
5. Episode 5
January 1, 2004
Presented by Maxwell Hutchinson, this fifth programme looks at No 57 between 1930 and 1965 when the house is at its nadir. The whole area is run down and 'post war'. Interior design is not high on the agenda. But the world outside is changing with the influence of modernism, the space age and the Festival of Britain and tasters of this style creep into the house.
Episode 4
4. Episode 4
January 1, 2004
Presented by Maxwell Hutchinson, this fourth programme looks at No 57 between 1902 and 1930. Design themes include the Edwardian style and Art Nouveau. The Nash family live in the house for the whole of this time, including a grown up daughter who is a seamstress and uses one of the rooms as her workspace.
Episode 3
3. Episode 3
January 1, 2004
Presented by Maxwell Hutchinson, this third programme looks at No 57 between 1880-1905 and shows how Victorian Gothic and the influence of the aesthetic and arts and crafts movement affected the house. No 57 is by now not as fashionable as it once was and the whole area has come down in the world a little bit. The occupants are the Alders - who turn one room into a nursery for their children and Mrs Annie Edwards, a music teacher with grown up children is a lodger in the house.
Episode 2
2. Episode 2
January 1, 2004
Presented by Maxwell Hutchinson, this second programme looks at No 57 between 1849-1879 and shows how the rise of an eclectic style of interior design and developments in engineering, science and manufacturing influenced what people could have in their homes. It is the first time No 57 has running water - just one tap in the kitchen. The key families are the Tratmans who ran a ships' Chandlery in Bristol, and the Withers, a watchmaker with his wife and three children.
Episode 1
1. Episode 1
January 1, 2004
The former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects will examine how design has affected one Georgian house and its inhabitants in Bristol, from when it was first built in 1779 right up to the present day. Throughout the series Maxwell reveals how fashions in interior design have mirrored social, political and economic trends. The opening programme reveals how the house was built as part of a boom in speculative building in Bristol and who the early residents were. Covering the period from 1779 - 1845 the main characters are John Britton, a young gentleman who decorated the house in late Georgian simplicity and Mrs Hobbs, a widow who lived in the house for thirty years and followed the latest Regency interior trends.
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Where to Watch No 57: History of a House
No 57: History of a House is available for streaming on the TVF International website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch No 57: History of a House on demand at Amazon.
  • Premiere Date
    January 1, 2004