The English house /
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Author / Creator: | Aslet, Clive, 1955- |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2008. |
Description: | 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7368747 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- An Ordinary London Terraced House
- 1. A Stone-Built Norman Home: Boothby Pagnell Manor House
- 2. A Yeoman's House of Wood: The Clergy House, Alfriston
- 3. Showing Off in Brick: East Barsham Manor
- 4. A House Made from a Church: Buckland Abbey
- 5. A Classical Sporting Pavilion: Lodge Park
- 6. The Town House of a Puritan: The Merchant's House, Marlborough
- 7. A Baroque Architect's Romantic Caprice: Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich
- 8. A Georgian House in Town: 19 New King Street, Bath
- 9. A Curate's Picturesque Garden: The Wakes, Selborne
- 10. A Home for Mill Workers: 10 North Street, Cromford
- 11. A Duke's Flight of Fancy: Endsleigh Cottage
- 12. Pugin's House by the Sea: The Grange, Ramsgate
- 13. High Farming in Cumbria: Mechi Farm
- 14. Artistic London at Home: 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington
- 15. An Antidote to Industrialism: Brantwood
- 16. The Triumph of Local Materials: Marsh Court
- 17. A Brewer's Hymn to Empire: Elveden Hall
- 18. The Semi and the Suburbs: 7 Blyth Grove, Worksop
- 19. Building a New Britain: The Amersham Prefab
- 20. Whatever Next?: The Butterfly House
- Further Reading
- Index