The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace

After Scottish architect Robert Kerr (1823–1904) published this book in 1864, he was given a commission to build what would become his best-known work, Bearwood House, in Berkshire, for the then proprietor of The Times of London, John Walter. Kerr gives a thorough explanation of the elements involve...

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1. Verfasser: Kerr, Robert (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1864
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. British and Irish History, 19th Century
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Zusammenfassung:After Scottish architect Robert Kerr (1823–1904) published this book in 1864, he was given a commission to build what would become his best-known work, Bearwood House, in Berkshire, for the then proprietor of The Times of London, John Walter. Kerr gives a thorough explanation of the elements involved in the planning and building of a 'comfortable English Residence of the better sort' in this book, which is divided into five parts. The first gives a detailed historical account of the 'domestic plan' from the eleventh century to the present day. The subsequent sections leave no corner of a manor house unexamined, as Kerr discusses every room of such houses, their grounds, the possible types of architectural styles, and the matter of cost. There is also an extensive appendix of plates of architectural and garden plans, accompanied by explanations, giving a comprehensive guide to mid-Victorian stately-home building
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (600 pages)
ISBN:9781139177009
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139177009

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