8x10 Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Cassell Group, Wellington House, London 1997
ISBN-10: 0575063211
Collectable book in new condition!
In this book the distinguished
architectural historian R W Brunskill covers the fascinating
history of vernacular housing - the dwelling-palaces of the people
- from the earliest times to the 20th century. Construction
techniques, materials, design, floor plans for buildings both
rural and urban: all are covered in detail, alongside the author's
illuminating drawings and many photographs. Particularly
fascinating is the section dealing with how particular dwellings -
medieval townhouses, longhouses etc - would have developed from
their original erection to the state in which we might see them in
historic towns of today. Houses and Cottages of Britain is an
absolutely essential book for anyone interested, whether
professionally or personally, in the architectural history of this
country. |