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ABC/241
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Later Renaissance architecture in England. A series of examples of domestic buildings erected subsequent to the Elizabethan period in 2 volumes. Vol.1. ed. by John Belcher and Mervyn E. Macartney.
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- 1901 (Creation)
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1 volume
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(10 Jul 1841-8 Nov 1913)
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British architect
ODNB entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30679
ODNB entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30679
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(16 Sep 1853-28 Oct 1932)
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A series of photographic and illustrative examples of Later Renaissance Architecture in England, domestic buildings erected after the Elizabethan period. Part II, containing 170 plates and 153 further illustrations in the text. Each building has an accompanying descriptive text. Buildings included are: Greenwich Hospital; Somerset House, London; Christ's Hospital, London; New River Company's Offices, London; The Hall of the Brewers Company, London; The Skinners Hall, London; The Home Office, Whitehall, London; The Horse Guards, Whitehall, London; Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, London; The Admiralty, Whitehall, London; Ashburnham House, Westminster; Eagle House, Mitcham, Surrey; Eltham House, Kent; Chelsea Hospital, London; Houses in Cavendish Square, London; Ely House, Dover Street, London; Corner House, South Audley St., London; Fenton House, Hampstead, London; Bluecoat School, Westminster; Houses in Great Queen Street, London; House in Lower Clapton, London; An Alcove, Kensington Gardens, London; The Banqueting Hall, Kensington Palace; The Entrance, Kensington Palace, London; Boodles Club, St. James's Street, London; Morden College, Blackheath, Kent; Pendell House, Bletchingley, Surrey; House on the Parade, Arundel, Sussex; The Temple of Aeolus in Kew Gardens; Kew Palace; The Earl of Burlington's Villa, Chiswick; Ham House, Petersham; Hampton Court Palace; The Guildhall, Rochester; The Corn Exchange, Rochester; Groombridge Place, Kent; The Bluecoat School, Hertford; A Shop at Lewes; Swan House, Chichester; A House in West Street, Chichester; A House in High Street, Guildford; The Town Hall, Guildford; Farnham Castle, Surrey; A House at Farnham, Surrey; The Grammar School, Rye, Sussex; The Lucas Asylum, Wokingham, Berks; The Great Hall, Winchester College, Hants; Wolvesey House, Winchester; House on the West Side of the Close, Salisbury, Wilts; House in the Close, Salisbury; The Moot House, Near Salisbury; Amesbury Abbey, Wilts; Wilton House, Wilts; Part of Two Houses, Blandford, Dorset; The Town Hall, Blandford; House at Buckingham, Bucks; Lower Lypiatt, Gloucestershire.
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- English
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scuffed spine and corners