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ABC/258
Title
Architecture of the Renaissance in England.
Date(s)
- 1894 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Name of creator
(28 Sep 1852-17 Jan 1942)
Biographical history
British architect and architectural historian.
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The first of two volumes examining the Architecture of the Renaissance in England. It is illustrated by a series of views and details (measured elevations, sections and plans) from buildings erected between the years 1560-1635, with historical and critical text. It contains 145 plates, and 180 illustrations in the text of the following subjects, listed topographically. Bedfordshire: Elstow; Houghton Conquest. Cambridgeshire: Cambridge, Caius College; Clare College; St. John's College; King's College; Queen's College; St. Mary-the-Less; Trinity College; Trinity Hall; University Library. Cheshire: Astbury Church; Brereton Hall. Cornwall: Cothele House; Lanhydrock House; Lanteglos Church. Denbigh: Ruabon, New Hall. Derbyshire: Ashbourne Church; Barlborough Hall; Bolsover Castle; Bradshaw Hall; Haddon Hall; Hardwick Hall. Devonshire: Bradfield; Colyton Church; Cullompton; Dartmouth; Exeter Cathedral; Exeter Guildhall; Holcomb Rogus Church; Poltimore Church; Sydenham House. Dorset: Cranborne Manor-House; Hanford House; Lower Walterstone; Melbury; Netherbury Church; Toller Fratrum; Wimborne Minster. Essex: Audley End; Colchester; Moyns Park; Wyvenhoe. Gloucestershire: Chipping Campden; Cold Ashton; Stanton Church; Stanway House; Upper Swell; Willersey. Hampshire: Bramshill; Christchurch, Tomb. Hertfordshire: Hatfield House; North Mymms. Huntington: Alwalton, Porch; Hinchingbrooke House; Stibbington Hall. Kent: Cobham Hall; Knole House. Lancashire: Hall I' Th' Wood. Leicestershire: Ragdale Old Hall. Middlesex: London, Middle Temple Hall. Norfolk: Blickling Hall. Northamptonshire: Apethorpe Hall; Braybrook Church; Burghley House; Lord Burghley Tomb; Canons Ashby; Dingley Hall; Gayton Manor House; Kirby Hall; Lilford Hall; Lyveden New Building; Oundle; Rothwell Market-House; Rushton Hall; Rushton Triangular Lodge; House at Weldon. Nottinghamshire: Wollaton House. Oxfordshire: Broughton Castle; Burford Church; Burford Priory; Chastleton House; Oxford - Bodleian Library, Convocation Room, Corpus Christi College, Exeter College, Jesus College, St. John's College, Merton College, Wadham College; Wroxton Abbey. Rutland: Hambleton Old Hall. Shropshire: Condover Hall; Ludlow, Feathers Inn; Moreton Corbet; Park Hall, Oswestry; Shrewsbury. Somerset: Barrington Court; Bristol; St. Catherine's Court-House; Claverton House; Croscombe Church; East Quantockshead; Farleigh Castle; Montacute House; Somerton Church; Wellow Manor-House. Staffordshire: Biddulph Hall; Tixall Gate-House. Suffolk: Hadleigh; Ipswich; Seckford Hall. Sussex: Slaugham Place; Wakehurst Place. Warwickshire: Aston Hall; Charlcote; St. John's Warwick; Kenilworth Castle; Earl of Leicester Tomb; Warwick. Wiltshire: Charlton House; Lacock Abbey; Longford Castle; South Wroxall Manor-House; Wardour House. Worcestershire: Broadway; Westwood Park; Wickhamford Church. Yorkshire: Burton Agnes Hall; Fountains Hall; Gilling Castle; Leeds, St. Jonh's Church; Welburn Hall. House in the South-West of England.
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- English
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Corners and spine slightly scuffed