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ABC/277
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A History of the English House from Primitive Times to the Victorian Period
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- 1975 (Creation)
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1 volume
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A History of the English House from Primitive Times to the Victorian Era. The text is arranged in centuries and it is accompanied by numerous illustrations, plans, elevations and sections of: Exteriors; Walls; Entrances; Windows, Chimneys; Interiors; Ceilings; Fireplaces; Staircases; Metalworks; Various Constructional Drawings. Buildings Included: "Ranger's House", Greenwich; A House in Winecheap, Canterbury; Albany, Picadilly, London; Alfred House, Bath;Argyll House, King's Road, Chelsea, London; Aydon Castle, Northumberland; Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland; Barlborough Rectory, Chesterfield; Basildon Park, Pangbourne, Berkshire; Bastle House, Millbridge, Northumberland; Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex; Battle Abbey, Sussex; Beaufirt House, Chelsea, London; Beckingham Hall, Tolleshunt Major, Essex; Belcombe Brook Villa, Bradford-on-Avon; Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; Bodiam Castle, Sussex;Boothby Pagnell Manor House; Borwick Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire; Bradbourne Park, Larkfield, Kent; Bramshill, Eversley, Hampshire; Brancaster Saithe, Norfolk; Broad Farm, Horsham Road, Sussex; Bromley College, Kent; Broome Park, Denton, Kent; Buckingham House, London; Castle Hedingham Keep; Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Castle Place, No. 166, High Street, Lewes, Sussex; Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey; Chandos House, Chandos Street; Chesterfield House, Mayfair, London; Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire; Chipping Campden, Gloucester; Church House, Beckley, Sussex; Clevedon Court, Somerset; Cobham Hall, Kent; Coke's House, West Burton, Sussex; Colby Hall, Askrigg, Yorkshire; Coleshill, Berkshire; Colnford House, Earl's Colne, Essex; Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire; Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire; Cothay Manor Wellington, Somerset; Cottage at Bignor, Sussex; Cottage at Little Barrington, Gloucestershire; Cottage at Marden, Kent; Cottage at St. Andrews; Cottage at Staplecross, Sussex; Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex; Cresswell Hall, Northumberland; Cross Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire; Crown House, Newport, Essex; Cupola House, Folkstone, Kent; Denham Place, Buckinghamshire; Denver Hall, Nr. Downham, Market, Norfolk; Devonshire Place, London; Dover Castle; Drayton House, Thrapston, Northamptonshire; Duddington, Northants;Duke's Place, near Mereworth, Kent; Eagle House, Mitcham, Surrey; Easteury Manor House, Barking, Essex; Easton Neston, Towcester, Northants; Elmer House, Farnham, Surrey; Eltham Lodge, Kent; Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent; Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge; Ford Place, Trotterscliffe, Kent; Great Dixter, Northiam, Sussex; Great Hall, Penhurst Place, Kent; Great Wigsell, Bodiam, Sussex;Greenwich (Palace) Hospital; Grevel House, Chipping Campden; Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire; Guest Hall, Canterbury; Haddon Hall,Derbyshire; Hall and Chapel at Old Soar, Plaxtol, Kent; Hampton Court Palace; Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire;Hatfield House, Hertfordshire; Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk;Holkham Hall, Norfolk; Hollydale, Keston, Kent; Honington Hall, Warwickshire; House and Shop at Witham, Essex; House and Shop in High Street, Hastings; House at Burford, Oxfordshire; House at Clare, Suffolk; House at Colchester, Essex; House at Corbridge, Northumberland; House at Deal, Kent; House at Great Weldon, Northamptonshire; House at High Wycombe, Bucks; House at Lewes, Sussex; House at Oundle, Northamptonshire; House at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire; House at Smarden, Kent; House at South Croydon, Surrey; House at Witham, Essex; House at Witney, Oxon; House in Adam Street, Adelphi, London; House in King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk; House in Trumpington Street, Cambridge; House near Rolveden, Kent; House on School, Hill, Lewes; House, East Street, Colchester; House, Northiam, Sussex; Houses in Hanover Square, London; Houses on Strand, Dawlish, Devon; Hunts Farm, Crundale, Wye, Kent; Hurstmonceaux Castle, Sussex; Hush Heath, Goudhurst, Kent; In High Street, Colchester, Essex; Kedleston Hall; Kedleston, Derbyshire; Kew Palace, London; Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire; Kirby Hall, Northants; Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent; Lake House, Amesbury, Wiltshire; Lamb House, Rye, Sussex; Langley Castle, near Hexham, Northumberland; Layer Marney Hall, Essex; Lindsey House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; Link Farm, Egerton, Kent; Little Wenham Hall, Suffolk; Little Wolford Manor, Warwickshire; Long Alley Almshouses, Abingdon, Berkshire; Lower Standard Fram, Ninfield, Sussex; Lullingstone Castle, Kent; Manor House, Croom's Hill; Manor House, Liddington, Rutland;Markenfield Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire; Mereworth Castle, Kent;Milton Abbas, Dorset; Mompesson House, Salisbury; Montacute House, Somerset; Montrose House, Petersham, Surrey; Moor Park, Hertfordshire; Moreton Old Hall, Congleton, Cheshire; Moretonhamstead, Devon; Moyses Hall, Bury St. Edmunds; No. 11, The Green, Richmond; No. 111, High Street, Rye, Sussex; No. 13, Devonshire Place, London; No. 13, John Street, Adelphi, London; No. 179, Clapton Road, London; No. 29 Dover Street, London; No. 3, the Terrace, Richmond Hill, Surrey; No. 32, School Hill, Lewes, Sussex; No. 36, Great George Street, Westminster, London; No. 4, Great Ormond Street, London; No. 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields; No. 45, Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey; No. 86, East Hill, Colchester, Essex; No. 9, The Close, Salisbury; Norman House at Christchurch, Hants; Northborough Manor House, Northamptonshire; Oakham Castle, Rutland; Ockwells Manor, Bray, Berkshire; Old Regent Street, London; Old Soar, Plaxtol, Kent; Oxburgh Castle, Norfolk; Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk; Paycockes, Great Coggeshall, Essex; Pear Tree House, Jordangate, Macclesfield, Cheshire; Penhurts Place, Kent; Petersham House, Surrey; Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, London; Plankley Mill House, Valley of Allen, South Tynedale, Northumberland; Pole House, King's Langley, Herts; Queen Anne's Gate, Queen Square, London; Queen Square, Bath; Rainham Hall, Essex; Rampyndene, Burwash, Sussex;Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire; Raynham Hall, Norfolk; Rufford Hall, Lancashire; Scarisbrick Hall, Ormskirk, Lancashire; Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent; Seaton Delaval, Northumberland; Sizergh Castle; Skipton Castle, Yorkshire; Socknersh Manor, Brightling, Sussex.; Sparrowe's House, Ipswich; St. Cross Hospital, Hampshire; St. James's Square, London; St. Osyth's Priory; St. Swithin's, Lewes, Sussex; Stanway House, Gloucestershire; Stokesay Castle, Shropshire;Stowe, Buckinghamshire; Sudbrooke Park, Richmond, Surrey; Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey;Symour Court, Beckington, Somerset; Synyards, Otham, Kent; Thame Park, Oxfordshire; The Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury; The Abbot's Lodgings, Thame Park, Oxon; The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London; The Barons, Reigate, surrey; The Bluecoat School, Westminster, London; The Close, Salisbury; The Communication Gallery, Hampton Court Palace; The Deanery and The Priory, Winchester; The Fish House, Meare, Somerset; The Great Barn, Glastonbury, Somerset; The Guildhall, Levenham, Suffolk; The Hall, Vicar's Close, Wells, Somerset; The Jew's House, Lincoln;The Keep, Castle Hedingham; The Keep, Rochester Castle; The Manor House, Boothby Pagnell, near Grantham; The Manor House, Croom's Hill, Greenwich; The Manor House, Godmersham; The Manor House, Martock, Somerset; The Manor House, Martock, Somerset; The Manor House, Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire; The Manor House, Tintinhull, Somerset; The Marino Casino, Clontarf, Dublin; The Mill Houe, Wye, Kent; The Orangery, Kew Gardens, London; The Palladian Bridge, Stowe, Buckinghamshire; The Paragon, Blackheath, London; The Queen's House, Greenwich; The Red House, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire;The Royal Crescent, Bath; The School at Ewelme, Oxon; The Tribunal House, Glastonbury, Somerset;The White House, Chipping Ongar, Essex; The White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey; Thorpe Hall, Peterborough, Northamptonshire; Took's Court, London; Turk Farm, Smarden, Kent; Tyringham, Buckinghamshire; Tyttenhanger, St. Albans, Herts; Underdown Farm, Eddington, Kent; Unstone Hall, near Dronfield, Derbyshire; Upper Swell Manor, Gloucestershire; West Street, Farnham, Surrey; West Tanfield CAstle, Gatehouse, near Ripon; White Rock, Hastings; Winchcombe Farm, Crundale, Kent; Wollaton Hall, Notts; Wressell Castle, Yorkshire; Yanwath Hall, Westmorland; Yanwath Tower, Westmorland.
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Spine and corners slightly scuffed. Spine a bit loose. some loose pages