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ABC/163 · [1829-1831]
Part of Architectural Books Collection
A catalogue dedicated to Jone's views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of noblemen and gentlemen in England. It comprises historical descriptions of the mansions, lists of pictures, statues, &c., genealogical sketches of the families and of their possessors and original etchings of the buildings. Buildings included are from Bedfordshire: Luton Hoo; Woburn Abbey. From Berkshire: Aldermanston House; Basildon Park; Beaumont Lodge; Buckland House; Englefield House; Holme Park; St. Leonard's Hill; Shottesbrooke House; Silwood Park; Sunning-Hill Park. From Buckinghamshire: Dorney Court; Fawley Court; Langley Park; Stowe House; Weston. From Cheshire: Eaton Hall; Hatherton Lodge; Lyme Hall; Marbury Hall; Rode Hall; Somerford-Booths Hall. From Cumberland: Corby Castle; Skirsgill. From Derbyshire: Barlborough Hall; Chatsworth; Doveridge House; Elvaston Hall; Kedleston; Markeaton Hall; Sutton Hall; Tissington Hall. From Durham: Brancepeth Castle; Hilton Castle; Lambton Hall; Lumley Castle; Raby Castle; Wilton Castle. From Hertfordshire: Beechwood Park; Cashiobury; Colney House; Gorhambury; Gubbins; Hatfield House; Hunsdon House; Knebworth House; Moor Park; Panshanger; Pishobury; Tewin Water. From Huntingdonshire: Connington Castle; Hinchinbrook. From Kent: Cobham Hall; Lee Priory; Leeds Castle. From Lancashire: Allerton Hall; Childwall Hall; Croxteth Hall; Hale Hall; Heaton House; Ince Blundell; Knowsley Park; Lathom House; Standish Hall; Turnham Hall. From Leicestershire: Baggrave Hall; Belvoir Castle; Carlton Curlieu Hall; Cole Orton Hall; Donnington Hall; Langton Hall; Lowesby Hall; Prestwold Hall; Whatton House; Wistow Hall. From Lincolnshire: Belton House; Denton House; Grimsthorpe Castle; Irnham Hall. From Norfolk: Blickling Hall; Houghton Hall; Kimberley Hall; Oxburgh Hall; Thursford Hall. From Northamptonshire: Althopre; Apethorpe Hall; Aynho; Boughton House; Burleigh House; Carlton Hall; Castle Ashby; Deene Park; Delapre Abbey; Drayton House; Farming Woods; Glendon Hall; Harlestone; Horton House; Kirby Hall; Laxton Hall; Milton Abbey; Norton Hall; Oakley; Rockingham Castle; Rushton Hall; Wakefield Lodge; Welton Place; Wicken Park.
ABC/164 · 1923
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An in-depth analysis of Sir Christopher Wren's work, by various authors, each detaling an aspect of which they had most knowledge of, with copies of original drawings, pictures, construction details, plans, sections, and elevations, some to scale. Chapters included are: "Sir Christopher Wren from the Personal Side" by J. Alfred; "Sir Christopher Wren's Parish Churches" by Arthur Keen; "The Design of St. Paul's Cathedral" by A. Beresford Pite; "Some Recent Investigations at St. Paul's" by Mervyn E. Macartney; "St. Paul's Cathedral: Observations on Wren's System of Buttresses for the Dome Piers and on some other things" by Somers Clark; "The Crafts at St. Paul's" by Laurence A. Turner; "Sir Christopher Wren's Public Buildings" by A. E. Richardson; "Sir Christopher Wren and his Plan for London" by S. D. Adshead; "Dutch Influence on the Architecture of Sir Christopher Wren" by Arthur Stratton; "French and Italian Influences on Sir Christopher Wren's Work" by W. Henry Ward; "Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge , Sir Christopher Wren's First Building" by Ellis H. Minns and Maurice E. Webb; "Sir Christopher Wren's Repair of the Divinity School and Duke Humphrey's Library, Oxford" by Edward Prioleau Warren; "Sir Christopher Wren the Astronomer" by A. R. Hinks;