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The book-end effect

Language: English Series: Times ; 16 January 1999, 2.14(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: Several substantial Victorian and Georgian terraced properties have collpsed recently. A suggested explanation is the `book-end effect`, whereby end-of-terrace walls are gradually pushed outwards by movements started in the middle of the row and continued over several decades.

Several substantial Victorian and Georgian terraced properties have collpsed recently. A suggested explanation is the `book-end effect`, whereby end-of-terrace walls are gradually pushed outwards by movements started in the middle of the row and continued over several decades.