The English house /

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Author / Creator:Aslet, Clive, 1955-
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
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ISBN:9780747577973 (hbk.)
0747577978 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.
Summary:Descriptions and historical context of 21 English houses.
Other form:Online version: Aslet, Clive, 1955- English house. London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2008
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