Houses : an architectural guide /

An enthusiast's guide to exploring historic houses of Great Britain, this informative book also enables readers to discover more about the history of their own houses. Users can learn to interpret domestic architecture, identify period styles, uncover the origins of a building, and understand w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Charles (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Series:Pevsner introductions.
Pevsner architectural guides.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Medieval and Tudor houses to 1540
  • Elizabethan and Jacobean houses, c. 1550-1625
  • New developments, c. 1625-1710
  • The Georgian House, c. 1710-1830
  • Victorian and Edwardian houses 1837-1910
  • The twentieth century to the present.