A clear description of Renaissance Architecture in England between 1500-1800, including pictures, plans, sections and elevations, some to scale. The Table of Contents covers the following chapters: The Italians in England - Henry VIII - Edward VI; The Germans in England - Elizabeth - James I; The English Builders; Sixteen Century House Planning; Inigo Jones; John Webb, Marsh, and Gerbier: The Last Survivals of Gothic; Sir Christopher Wren; Wren's Contemporaries and Successors: Jarman, Wynne, Bell of Lynn, Talman, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor - Aldrich, Clarke, Burrough, Essex; The Eighteenth Century Architects: Archer, James, Campbell, Ripley, Lord Burlington, Leoni, Kent; Gibbs, Ware, Flitcroft, Vardy, The Woods of Bath, Dance the Elder; Paine, Morris, Taylor, Carr of York, Chambers, Gandon, Dance the Younger, Robert and James Adam; House Planning in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Trade: Carpentry, Masonry; Brickwork, Plaster Work, Lead, and Iron. Buildings included are: The Palace of Audley End; Oriel College, Oxford; St. John's Colege, Cambridge; Ashdown House, Berks; St. John's Church Leeds; Trinity Colege Chapel, Oxford; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Hampton Court; Houghton Hall, Norfolk; Moor Park, Hertfordshire; The Admirality; Holkham House, Norfolk; The Horse Guards; King's College, Cambridge; Radcliffe Library, Oxford; Spencer House; Prior Park, Bath; The Mansion House, London; Kedlestone Hall, Derby; Somerset House; The Custom House, Dublin; Clare College, Cambridge; Wotton House, Aylesbury; Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire; Ely Cathedral; The Five Orders of Palladio and the Method of Setting out the Entasis to the Shaft of a Column; St. John's College, Oxford; Chest on Choir Screen, Winchester; Salisbury Chantry, Christchurch, Hants; Door-head, Burgate Street, Canterbury; Doorway, Tenterden, Kent; Montacute House, Somerset; A Gable at Knowle; The Grange, Leominster; Carving, Butcher's Row, Hereford; School and Almshouse, Corsham; Gateway at Cobham College; Buckhurst House, Sussex; Audley End, Essex; Holland House; Fishing-house at Meare; Garden House in Amesbury; Thornton College; Wymbledon; Wollaton Hall; Wye College, Kent; Hawkhurst, Kent; Whitecross Street; Christ's College, Cambridge; Whitehall; Greenwich Hospital; Ceiling, Wilton, by Inigo Jones; Double Cube Room, Wilton; Entrance Pier at Amesbury; Doorway at the Vyne, near Basingstoke; The Stables, Thorpe Hall; The Chapel, Burford Priory, Oxfordshire; The Chapel, Lyte's-Cary, Somerset; The Chapel, Brasenose College, Oxford; Wren's plan for rebuilding London; St. Stephen's, Walbrook; St. Bride's Steeple, Fleet Street; St. Benet's, Upper Thames Street; Plan of St. Paul's; Chapel of Wolvesey Palace, Winchester; Groomsbridge Place, Kent; Custom House, King's Lynn; Plan of Blenheim Palace; Christ Church, Spitalfields; All Saints', Oxford; St. Philip's, Birmingham; Old Burlington House; St. Mary-Le-Strand; St. Leonard's, Shoreditch; Plan of Kedleston; Wardour House, Wilts; Plan of Luton House; Library at Kenwood House; Ashburnham House; Plan of Lindsey House; Eltham Club-House; Plan of Moor Park, Hertfordshire; Latham Hall; Dr. Heberden's House in Pall Mall; A Spur, Smarden, Kent; Weatherboarded House, Sissinghurst, Kent; Sparrow's House, Ipswich; Doorway at Burwash, Sussex; Walling at Amesbury, Wilts; Gatehouse, Sandwich; Stone Doorhead, Corsham; Abingdon Town Hall; St. George's, Great Yarmouth; Great Snoring Rectory, Norfolk; Choristers' School, Salisbury; House at Arundel; Stockton, Wilts; Star Inn, Great Yarmouth; Ashburnham House; His Majesty's Drawing-Room at Chiswick; Spandrel, Radcliffe Library, Oxford; Lead Cistern at the Vyne, Basingstoke; Rain-water head, Shrewbury; Lean Urn, Parham; Iron Standard, Burford Church; Casement Fastener, Guildford; Part of Gate, North Chancel Aisle, Beverley Minster; Shaw House, Newbury; Stone Urn on Gate Pier, Hampstead Marshall.
Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (1856-1942), architect and garden designer
The first of two volumes giving a Detailed Overview of the Architectural Works of Robert and James Adam. It begins with an introduction of the brothers' Personal and Professional History, followed by Descriptive and Critical Texts for the plates that depict photographs, elevations and plans of their work. Buildings included: Kinross House; Drum House; Blair Adam; Tomb of William Adam Senior; David Hume's Tomb; Plan Studies and Ideas; Student Designs; Sketch by Piranesi; Roubillac's Statue of Garrick as Shakespeare; High Down, Hitchin; Admiralty Screen in Whitehall; Goodwood, Sussex; The Queen's Transparency; Great Saxham House, Suffolk; Moor Park, before the removal of the Adam Colonnades; High Wycombe, Design and Plan of Shambles and Butter Market; West Wycombe, within the West Portico; Lord Holland's House, Picadilly; Edinburgh Riding House; Kimbolton Castle; Luton Park, Beds.; Kedleston; Sketch for a Bridge; Compositions; Design for a Pavilion and Garden Buildings; Detail of a Tea Room at Moor Park; Green Park, Deputy Ranger's Lodge; Architectural Details, Kenwood; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Stable Block at Culzean, Ayrshire; Hagley, 'Athenian' Stuart's First Greek Doric Building; Sanderson Miller's Ruinous Castle at Culzean, Ayrshire; Lauder Castle; King's College Castle; Mrs. Montagu's House in Portman Square; 15 St. James's Square; 20 St. James's Square; House in Whitehall; Wormleybury, Herts.; Weald Hall, Essex; Stowe; Map of Herts.; Stratford Place; Soho Square, no. 32, the House of Sir Joseph Banks; Caldwell; Hatchlands Park, Surrey; Admiral Boscawen's House; Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire; Harewood House, Yorkshire; Croome Court, Worcestershire; Bowood, Wiltshire; Compton Verney, Warwickshire; Kedleston, Derbyshire; Syon House, Middlesex; Osterley Park, Middlesex; Kenwood, Hampstead, Middlesex.
Bolton, Arthur T (1864-1945), architect and curator
The second of two volumes giving a Detailed Overview of the Architectural Works of Robert and James Adam. It begins with an introduction of the brothers' Personal and Professional History, followed by Descriptive and Critical Texts for the plates that depict photographs, elevations and plans of their work. Buildings included: Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square; House of Lord Shelburne in Picadilly; The Adelphi; Chandos House, London; 20, St. James's Square, London; Old Derby House, Grosvenor Square, London; The Fete Pavilion at the Oaks, Epsom; Home HOuse, 20, Portman Square; Mansfield Street; Portland Place; Fitzroy Square; Mansfield Street; Nostell Priory, near Wakefield in Yorkshire; Newby Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire; Mistley Hall, Church and Proposed Sea Bathing Pavilion; Saltram and Mamhead, Devonshire; Brasted, near Sevenoaks; Dalkeith Bridge; The Trader's Hall, Glasgow; Assembly Rooms, Glasgow; Stirling Street, Glasgow; College Street Buildings, Glasgow; St. George's Church and Manse in York Place, Edinbugh; Gossford House, East Lothian; Gateway at Cullen; Diagram Plan of Edinburgh; South Bridge; Arch over Cowgate; Houses in Castle Street; Baron Orde's House, Queen Street Plans; Charlotte Square, Edinburgh; Edinburgh West Side; King's College, Cambridge; Mrs. Fitzherbert's First Home at Marble Hill; The Register House of Scotland, Edinburgh; Proposed Houses, Leith Street, Edinburgh; The University, Edinburgh; The Merchant Hall, Hunter Square, Edinburgh; Mellerstain, Berwickshire; Culzean, Ayrshire; Newliston, West Lothian; Furniture at Croome Court, Devonshire House, Moor Park, Kedleston, Byram, Nostell; Tables, Consoles, Armchairs, Beds, Staircases, Lamps, Tapestries, Ceilings, Chairs, Cups, Sliver Dishes.
Bolton, Arthur T (1864-1945), architect and curator
