The Traditional Buildings of England

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; I 'he windmills of East Anglia, the eárthén housés of X Cumbria, the granaries of Oxfordshire, the dovecots of Somerset, the oast houses of Kent . . .' perhaps no other country ín the world offers s:o rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. Seemingly moulded intő the landscape, íhese farmhouses, cottages, barns, manór houses, inns and stables havé been shaped over centuries by the influence of local custorii, climate, terráin and materials. . iuuuügűH ??DDDppp dddfflfflp ddoqdopd DDDnnüDn No one has a more detailed knowledge of this story than Anthony Quiney, and, with the aid of his own specially taken photographs and helpful drawings, he gives a complete and vivid picture of the ríse arid fali óf the traditional buildings of England, from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolutiön,. He concludes by tracing the revivalist styles' of thé 19th century through to the present day, when concern for craftsmanship and for the environment has helped a whole new... Tovább

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; I 'he windmills of East Anglia, the eárthén housés of X Cumbria, the granaries of Oxfordshire, the dovecots of Somerset, the oast houses of Kent . . .' perhaps no other country ín the world offers s:o rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. Seemingly moulded intő the landscape, íhese farmhouses, cottages, barns, manór houses, inns and stables havé been shaped over centuries by the influence of local custorii, climate, terráin and materials. . iuuuügűH ??DDDppp dddfflfflp ddoqdopd DDDnnüDn No one has a more detailed knowledge of this story than Anthony Quiney, and, with the aid of his own specially taken photographs and helpful drawings, he gives a complete and vivid picture of the ríse arid fali óf the traditional buildings of England, from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolutiön,. He concludes by tracing the revivalist styles' of thé 19th century through to the present day, when concern for craftsmanship and for the environment has helped a whole new generation towards a re-evaluation of their marvelloüs inheritance of buildings. üüuuuuy ????UDP On the cover (front): A house at Wilmcote, Warwickshire, timber-framed in the Midland way, with herringbone patterning and closestudding. Photo John Kaine 'Concise, authoritative and consistently interesting ... the photographs are excellent' Country Life (back): The Broadway, Stanmore, Harrow, London. Seclion showing a two-storeyed an-angement óf single rooms, with jetties front and rear, and lavish panelling antl chimney-surrounds. 'Well-researched ... Superbly illustrated with numerous colour plates' Landscape History Anthony Quiney has written widely ón the architectural history of England: his other books include The English Country Totvn (1987). He is a former 'Chairman of thé Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and is now Professor of Architectural History át the Uníversity of Greenwich. With 193 illustrations, 81 in colour Vissza