Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses from the 17th Century, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, villas and converted industrial buildings, Edwardian semis, 20th Century council housing, and mixed tenure new developments. Each chapter then examines its historical context, before making a detailed analysis of the buildings design and layout, usefully illustrated with architectural drawings. Each chapter sets out lessons learnt from each house/historic period and compares them with contemporary houses which use similar materials, construction techniques, or ideas.
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Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses from the 17th Century, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, villas and converted industrial buildings, Edwardian semis, 20th Century council housing, and mixed tenure new developments. Each chapter then examines its historical context, before making a detailed analysis of the buildings design and layout, usefully illustrated with architectural drawings. Each chapter sets out lessons learnt from each house/historic period and compares them with contemporary houses which use similar materials, construction techniques, or ideas.
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Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture

Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture

by Ruth Dalton
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Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture

Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture

by Ruth Dalton

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This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses from the 17th Century, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, villas and converted industrial buildings, Edwardian semis, 20th Century council housing, and mixed tenure new developments. Each chapter then examines its historical context, before making a detailed analysis of the buildings design and layout, usefully illustrated with architectural drawings. Each chapter sets out lessons learnt from each house/historic period and compares them with contemporary houses which use similar materials, construction techniques, or ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848224957
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 01/27/2023
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.75(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ruth Dalton is Head of the School of Architecture at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University.

Table of Contents

1. Yearnor Cottage (1651): rural vernacular tradition; 2. Priestpopple (~1700): a small-town brewery continuously reinvented for its time; 3. Gower Street (1789): the growth of Georgian London; 4. Orchard Place (1824): a Regency villa that fell on hard times; 5. Wharf Place (~1902): warehouse loft-living and yuppies; 6. Bradwell Road (1902): an Edwardian semi-detached house absorbed into a New Town; 7. Haberdasher Street (1912): model dwellings for workers; 8. The Gloucester Grove (1977) and North Peckham Estates: a London ‘sink estate’; 9. Elm Village (1984): the first mixed tenure estate.
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