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Search - London Houses From 1660 To 1820 - A Consideration Of Their Architecture And Detail

London Houses From 1660 To 1820 A Consideration Of Their Architecture And Detail
Author: A. E. Richardson

PREFACE THE Domestic Architecture of England as exemplified by the various Country Houses of all periods has for a time absorbed public interest to such an extent, that attention has been temporarily diverted from the wonderful examples of Domestic Architecture of the later Renaissance and Classical Revival Periods which exist in London. It is t... more »he object of the authors of this treatise to describe the developments of the minor Town House and the fashion able Square or Street, from the time of the Restoration of the Monarchy down to the brilliant period of the Regency after which epoch the design of the Town House loses much of its charm, and the formal aspect of the Square was changed by landscape gardeners. Such large Mansions as Lansdowne House, Devonshire House, and York House are not included, as their vast size and importance are beyond the scope of this work. The book is the first of its kind to deal with this interesting subject, and it is primarily intended for the study of architects either practising in, or visiting the Metropolis and not only will its purpose appeal to English or Colonial Architects, but also to those of all other nationalities because the London House contains features, which as motifs for transposition, are universally applauded. To meet the needs of the casual visitor to London, as well as of the leisured resident, the book has been arranged more or less on the lines of a simple guide. The houses, wherever possible, have been dated, with the names of the architects attached. The layman or reader who is not well acquainted with architecture will follow the history of the town house without difficulty the professional man will find many gaps in the history of the Renaissance bridged over, and fresh fields of study opened up for legitimate exploitation. The year 1666 is taken as a convenient date from which to start the description, and so the narrative reads on through the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries until the middle of the eighteenth century witnessed the change in favour of a purer and more refined architecture which culmin ated in the Town Planning schemes of the Regency. A description of the houses would be incomplete without reference to their arrangement around the Formal Squares so characteristic of eighteenth-century life in London. These squares, at the time of their inception were practically in the country, and formed self-supporting fashionable little towns by themselves the wants of the inhabitants being supplied from the neighbouring farms. The gardens were at first laid out to present a formal pattern their present landscape aspect, and the introduction of the iron railings the latter in themselves inoffensive, date from the last years of the eigh teenth century. Gradually, the Squares were linked up by wide streets of stately houses, each full of character, and dis tinguished by most refined and effective proportions, and no wonder, because the most talented architects of the day were asked to advise as to their design. The charming formal character which the ensemble of the London Square presents, owes its origin to the great efforts made both by the amateur and the professional to further a knowledge of Antique Classic Architecture, and the design of the houses erected during this wealthy and appreciative period is but a reflex of the more monumental work pro ceeding simultaneously at the great civic centres...

ISBN-13: 9781406731866
ISBN-10: 1406731862
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Saveth Press
Book Type: Paperback
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