Identity area
Reference code
ABC/117
Title
Monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Date(s)
- [1914] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(19 May 1880–3 Feb 1964)
Biographical history
English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. He was Professor of Architecture at University College London, a President of the Royal Academy, editor of Architects' Journal and founder of the Georgian Group.
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35737
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35737
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
An in-depth analysis of monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the Roman Palladian phase (1730-1780), the Greco-Roman phase (1780-1820), and the Greek phase (1820-1840), with plans, sections, elevations, details, drawings and pictures, to scale. Buildings Included are: The Bank of England, Liverpool; No. 57, 58, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; Somerset House, London; The Casino, Marino Clontarf; The Customs House, Dublin; The City Hall, Dublin; Newgate Prison, London; The Bank of England, London; The Art Gallery, Manchester; The National Gallery, London; The British Museum, London; St. Pancras Church, London; The Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall; The Lansdown Tower, Bath; The High School, Edinburgh; The National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; The Town Hall, Leith; The Municipal and County Buildings, Glasgow; St. Georges Hall, Liverpool; The Council Offices, Bristol; The London County and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; The Taylor and Randolph Buildings, Oxford; The Ashmolean and Taylorian Institute, Oxford; The Bank of England, Manchester; The Bank of England, Bristol; The Liverpool and London Globe Offices, Liverpool; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, St. George's Hall, Liverpool; Euston Station, London; The Goldsmith's Hall, London; The Royal Exchange, London; The Geological Museum, London; Offices of the Duchy of Cornwall, Cornwall; The National Provincial Bank of England, London.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Scuffed corners, loose pages