English Houses

Author : Vita Sackville-West
Publisher : Unicorn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1910065110

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English Country Houses by Vita Sackville-West Pdf

"There is nothing quite like the English country house anywhere else in the world." So pronounces Vita Sackville-West in the beautiful essay that opens English Country Houses, a brief history of the English country house from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. People may know of Sackville West's novels, or her passion for gardening, or her relationship with Virginia Woolf, but few know of her efforts to boost the morale of her beloved England during World War II. Sackville-West spent her childhood years at Knole House, a stately country home that deeply influenced her life and work. In entertaining and accessible prose she brings a deep affection to the task of boosting the morale of a country beset by war. This volume in the Britain in Pictures series is a love letter to the elegant homes of the English countryside and served as a balm to a besieged country. Writing at the height of the Blitz, as cities lay in smoldering ruins after relentless bombing, Sackville-West demonstrates a yearning for the safety provided by these exceptional buildings. We discover the architecture of the stately houses, with details conveyed in such entertaining and vivid prose that the buildings and surrounding areas come to life. The story is not just about the buildings, however, but also about the people who built and lived in them, from the most common of squires to the highest-born kings and queens. Equal parts architectural history and cultural history, this insider's view is quintessentially British. Its elegant package, with a ribbon for bookmarking, makes it the perfect gift for any Anglophile.

Author : Bruce Munro
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135326340

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English Houses by Bruce Munro Pdf

This book is essential reading for property professionals and laymen alike. Anyone who would like to know more about the houses of England’s cities, towns and villages will benefit from reading this book. Through a wealth of pictures, easy to read comments and architectural notes the book helps the reader to identify the different architectural periods and understand the development of the construction of English houses. The book illustrates a number of influential styles and features of English houses throughout history. Also included are examples of houses that have been altered by several generations and different periods enabling the reader to trace trends and discover the more subtle nuances of English houses.

Author : Matthew. H Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317868644

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English Houses 1300-1800 by Matthew. H Johnson Pdf

Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book, Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still exist throughout the English countryside and examines the lives of the ordinary people who once occupied them. His wide-ranging narrative takes in the medieval hall and the community it framed; the rebuilding and 'improvement'of houses in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the rise of the Georgian Order in both architecture and eighteenth century culture. This passionate book is animated by the conviction that old houses are much more than just pretty tableaux of an idyllic, unchanging rural England. Vernacular houses are compared to their larger, 'polite' counterparts, and English houses are placed in the wider context of the British Isles and the Atlantic world beyond. The result is a dynamic, compelling account of the development of houses in the English countryside and through this, a portrait of changing patterns of social life from medieval to modern times. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, this book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the significance of our built heritage and the historic landscape.

Author : Heather Clemenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000393804

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English Country Houses and Landed Estates by Heather Clemenson Pdf

Originally published in 1982, and based on extensive research in estates’ archives, this book outlines the changing fate of the 500 largest estates in England over the centuries. It examines estates in their heyday and looks at their changing role as they declined in the twentieth century, showing how some estates have survived and describing the differing uses to which country houses have been put.

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0141039299

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England's Thousand Best Houses by Simon Jenkins Pdf

'This wonderful book makes me want to take a year off . . . and plunge off into what Jenkins has memorably Described as 'the theatre of our shared memory'' Adam Nicolson, Evening Standard England's houses are a treasure trove of riches and a unique, living record of the nation's history. Simon Jenkins's lavishly illustrated guide selects the finest homes throughout the land, from Cornwell to Cumbria, in a glorious celebration of English life. Ranges from famous stately homes and palaces to humble cottages and huts Organized county-by-county for easy use Features a ratings system for each house Highlights the very best 100 'Buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy and keep in the car' Daily Mail 'This is the perfect book to have beside your bed or on the back seat of your car . . . Jenkins's zeal is infectous. He quite rightly sees England's greatest houses as collectively nothing less than a wonder of the world' Geordie Greig, Literary Review 'A hertiage enthisiast's Ode To Joy' Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph 'A feast, enlivened by the sort of tasty snippets that only a master journalist can produce' Hugh Massingberd, Daily Telegraph

Author : Matthew. H Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317868637

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English Houses 1300-1800 by Matthew. H Johnson Pdf

Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book, Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still exist throughout the English countryside and examines the lives of the ordinary people who once occupied them. His wide-ranging narrative takes in the medieval hall and the community it framed; the rebuilding and 'improvement'of houses in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the rise of the Georgian Order in both architecture and eighteenth century culture. This passionate book is animated by the conviction that old houses are much more than just pretty tableaux of an idyllic, unchanging rural England. Vernacular houses are compared to their larger, 'polite' counterparts, and English houses are placed in the wider context of the British Isles and the Atlantic world beyond. The result is a dynamic, compelling account of the development of houses in the English countryside and through this, a portrait of changing patterns of social life from medieval to modern times. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, this book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the significance of our built heritage and the historic landscape.

Author : Michael Meredith,Hilary Sample
Publisher : Corraini
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8875707049

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Houses for Sale by Michael Meredith,Hilary Sample Pdf

Journey with architects Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample through the history of architecture on their quest to find a perfect home In Houses for Sale, architects Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample of MOS Architects invite readers on their family's quest for a new home through the annals of architectural history, exploring details and peculiarities from some of the greatest names in architecture. When they realize that there isn't any one house that suits them perfectly, they decide to design their own. In doing so, Meredith and Sample come to the conclusion that no building is perfect and that architecture is an exciting, ever-evolving project in which the process of bringing a new building to life through design and construction can be even more satisfying than the final product itself.Published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Houses for Sale is a charming and thoughtful introduction to architecture's varied history, with full-color illustrations and simple text that are suitable for aspiring young designers and experienced architects alike.

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0865651566

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Manor Houses of England by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes Pdf

Most still privately owned, these manor houses are scattered all over England, & range from simple Norman halls to picturesque Tudor homes, many dating from the reign of the Stuarts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11548032

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Margaret Rodman Critchlow
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824841645

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Houses Far From Home by Margaret Rodman Critchlow Pdf

The houses far from home featured in this book are located in Vanuatu, a chain of islands between Fiji and Australia in the southwest Pacific. Once known as the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, the islands were jointly administered by the British and French from 1906 to 1980. In this innovative and revealing study of a unique colonial project, Margaret Rodman tells the stories of these houses, exploring the profound differences of perspective, experience, and power that domestic spaces reveal and offering a novel look at the history of British colonialism in the Pacific. Each chapter has at its heart a house where readers can explore dimensions of race, gender, and power that domestic spaces reveal. Moving across time, between different islands and actors, between oral memories and archival documents, Margaret Rodman provides a richly documented "multi-sited ethnography" of the social history of the New Hebrides.

Author : Chiara Briganti,Kathy Mezei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000185201

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Living with Strangers by Chiara Briganti,Kathy Mezei Pdf

Living with Strangers examines the history and cultural representation of bed-sitting rooms and boarding houses in England from the early twentieth century to the present. Providing a historical overview, the authors explore how these alternative domestic spaces came to provide shelter for a diverse demographic of working women and men, retired army officers, gay people, students, bohemians, writers, artists, performers, migrants and asylum seekers, as well as shady figures and criminals. Drawing on historical records, case studies, and examples from literature, art, and film, the book examines how the prevalence and significance of bedsits and boarding houses in novels, plays, detective stories, Ealing comedies, and contemporary fiction and film produced its own genre of narrative. The nine chapters are written by an international range of established and emerging scholars in the fields of literary studies, art and film history, political theory, queer studies and cultural studies. A lively, highly original study, Living with Strangers makes a significant contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of home studies and provides insight into a crucial aspect of British cultural history. It is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, literary studies, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, film studies and cultural studies.

Author : William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382134921

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The bibliographer's manual of english literature by William Thomas Lowndes Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Michael Hall
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781580932561

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Lasting Elegance by Michael Hall Pdf

The great English country house tradition reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by all the most eminent architects of the age, houses constructed during this period were larger, more elaborate, and more lavishly furnished than ever before, and they became famous throughout Europe and America for their luxury, technological innovation, and convenience of plan. Michael Hall's survey draws on the vast archive of the great British magazine Country Life to present the fullest visual record yet published of the Victorian-era country house in England and Wales. It ranges from the High Gothic of Tyntesfield to Ferdinand Rothschild's flamboyantly French Waddesdon Manor and Philip Webb's Arts and Crafts interiors at Standen. These remarkable photographs are in many cases the only record of the great houses in their heyday; those such as Wrest Park, Thoresby Hall, and Hewell Grange were all sold in the twentieth century and their magnificent furniture and priceless artwork and collections dispersed. Houses that have survived with their interiors intact but are little known or rarely accessible to the public also feature prominently, such as Flintham Hall and the Earl of Harrowby's Sandon Hall. Highclere Castle, now famous as TV's Downton Abbey, features prominently. Spectacular color photographs provide a fascinating look at some of the most celebrated houses of the period, from A. W. N. Pugin's Scarisbrick Hall and William Burges's Cardiff Castle to J. F. Bentley's Carlton Towers and J. D. Crace's astonishing interiors at Longleat. This chronologically arranged survey of Victorian houses spans the decades from the 1830s to the 1890s and includes not only new houses, but also historic county seats that have been in families for generations and were given major renovations or additions in this era. With over 150 superb color and black-and-white photographs specially selected to highlight the century's most significant houses and their architects and an authoritative commentary by Michael Hall, this book provides a thorough overview of a major period in British architectural history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Local government
ISBN : OXFORD:555055781

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The Register of Persons Entitled to Vote at Any Election of a Member Or Members to Serve in Parliament for the City of Oxford by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heather Clemenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000393897

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English Country Houses and Landed Estates by Heather Clemenson Pdf

Originally published in 1982, and based on extensive research in estates’ archives, this book outlines the changing fate of the 500 largest estates in England over the centuries. It examines estates in their heyday and looks at their changing role as they declined in the twentieth century, showing how some estates have survived and describing the differing uses to which country houses have been put.