Houses : an architectural guide / by Charles O'Brien

By:

O 'Brien, Charles

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Pevsner Introductions | Pevsner Architectural Guides / co-edited by Charles O'BrienPublication details: London : Yale University Press, 2016.Description: 192 p : col. illISBN:

9780300215540

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DDC classification:

728 OBR-H

Contents:

Contents : Introduction - Chapter 1. Medieval and Tudor houses to 1540 -- Chapter 2. Elizabethan and Jacobean houses, c. 1550-1625 -- Chapter 3. New developments, c. 1625-1710 -- Chapter 4. The Georgian House, c. 1710-1830 -- Chapter 5. Victorian and Edwardian houses 1837-1910 -- Chapter 6. The twentieth century to the present

Summary: An enthusiast's guide to exploring historic houses of England, this informative book also enables readers to discover more about the history of their own houses. Users can learn to interpret domestic architecture, identify period styles, uncover the origins of a building, and understand why rooms are arranged in particular sequences, why window and chimney designs change through history, or why staircases are presented in a certain fashion. Color photography and informative line drawings illustrate the explanations and provide a rich visual history of domestic architecture from the earliest surviving dwellings to the most avant-garde developments.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB K-2	Non Fiction	728 OBR-H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009977

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Contents : Introduction - Chapter 1. Medieval and Tudor houses to 1540 --
Chapter 2. Elizabethan and Jacobean houses, c. 1550-1625 --
Chapter 3. New developments, c. 1625-1710 --
Chapter 4. The Georgian House, c. 1710-1830 --
Chapter 5. Victorian and Edwardian houses 1837-1910 --
Chapter 6. The twentieth century to the present

An enthusiast's guide to exploring historic houses of England, this informative book also enables readers to discover more about the history of their own houses. Users can learn to interpret domestic architecture, identify period styles, uncover the origins of a building, and understand why rooms are arranged in particular sequences, why window and chimney designs change through history, or why staircases are presented in a certain fashion. Color photography and informative line drawings illustrate the explanations and provide a rich visual history of domestic architecture from the earliest surviving dwellings to the most avant-garde developments.

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