CORRUGATED IRON AS A BUILDING MATERIAL
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—In view of the ever increasing ravages our scenery suffers through this, the most devastating of all our building materials, is it not time that restrictive measures should be imposed on the use of corrugated iron, especially in all areas possessing natural beauty ?
'I would suggest that some Member of Parliament concerned with the preservation of the countryside from the sordid sights one secs almost everywhere should introduce a Bill legislating against tin erections of all kinds, except in purely industrial surroundings. Such legislation would stimulate the use of the better building materials ; and, by giving more work
to skilled workmen, would decrease unemployment.—I am.
Sir, &c., JAMES PATTERSON. Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn, Merionethshire.
[We agree with the writer. Corrugated iron is an eyesore. But we in Great Britain are not the only sufferers. How many attractive landscapes in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa have been marred by its use ! Corrugated iron fills a need, however, and we must not forget that fact. As a start. could not experiments be made to ascertain how far the evil can be overcome by painting the iron? Also, what alternative materials do our architects and town-planners suggest, equalk cheap and serviceable ?—En. Spectator.]
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