Main entry:

Foster, Andy, author.

Title & Author:

Birmingham and the Black Country / by Andy Foster, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood.

Publication:

New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2022.
©2022

Description:

xix, 884 pages, 64 pages of unnumbered colour plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

The Buildings of England
Pevsner architectural guides

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Geology and building materials -- Archaeology -- Medieval architecture -- Timber-framed buildings -- Later C16 to late C17 architecture -- From the late C17 to c. 1830 -- Canals and canal buildings -- The industrial development of the Black Country -- Victorian and Edwardian, c. 1830 to 1914 -- From 1914 to 1939 -- From 1945 to the present -- Further reading -- Birmingham -- The Black Country -- Solihull.

Summary:

This fully revised account of the buildings of the City of Birmingham, its suburbs and outskirts, and the adjacent Black Country explores an area rich in Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Even the small towns of the Black Country supported local architects with their own distinctive styles, such as C. W. D. Joynson in Darlaston and A. T. Butler in Cradley Heath. Much West Midlands industry was organized in small to medium-sized firms, resulting in a rich and diverse streetscape and canalscape. The Arts and Crafts tradition also established deep roots in the area, resulting in masterpieces such as Lethaby's Eagle Insurance in Birmingham and Wolverhampton's Wightwick Manor, as well as a host of fine villas and churches. Older buildings of national significance include the grand Jacobean mansion of Aston Hall, Thomas Archer's Birmingham Cathedral, and such unexpected delights as the neoclassical barn in Solihull by Sir John Soane. Featuring new color photography and numerous maps and text illustrations, this volume will transform understanding and enjoyment of the architecture of this key English region.

ISBN:

9780300223910 hardcover
0300223919 hardcover

Subject:

Architecture England Birmingham Guidebooks.
Architecture England Black Country Guidebooks.
Architecture Angleterre Birmingham Guides.
Architecture Angleterre Black Country Guides.
Architecture
Buildings
Birmingham (England) Buildings, structures, etc. Guidebooks.
Black Country (England) Buildings, structures, etc. Guidebooks.
Birmingham (England) Guidebooks.
Black Country (England) Guidebooks.
England Birmingham
England Black Country

Form/genre:

Guidebooks

Added entries:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983, author.
Wedgwood, Alexandra, 1938- author.
Buildings of England.
Pevsner architectural guides.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315591
Call No.: 315591
Copy: 1
Status: Available