David Dale's House

David Dale’s house was used by his family as a ‘summer house’ and by the man himself when he regularly visited the village. A villa, two storeys in height with an attic floor, it contained five rooms and a kitchen with bathroom on the ground floor, four bedrooms on the first floor and two further bedrooms in the attic.

ACTIVITY

1. How many rooms in total did David Dale's house possess? Why do you think he needed so many rooms?

2. Sketch or draw Dale's house from the photograph.

3. How was the house heated?

4. Which of the two houses was the biggest? (Click on the OWEN link to view a separate page on Robert Owen's House)