Title & Author:

The Victorian great house / edited by Malcolm Airs.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University, Dept. for Continuing Education, 2000.

Description:

vi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Malcolm Airs. -- Mansions of England : the public status of the private house 1830-1880 / Peter Mandler. -- the mid-Victorian stable / Giles Worsley. -- William Burn / David Walker. -- Veneerer-in-chief to the nobility : Sir Charles Barry's country houses / David Blissett. -- From "old English Catholic mansions" to "castles in Connecticut" : the country house practice of A.W. and E.W. Pugin, 1836-1875 / Roderick O'Donnell. -- Colour theory in the mid-19th century / Ian Bristow. -- Building two Victorian country houses : Haveringland and Brodsworth / Richard Wilson. -- "Masquerade" versus "straightforwardness" : the country houses of Salvin and Scott / Peter Howell. -- Woodchester mansion : the French connection / Michael HGill. -- David Bryce and the Scottish baronial style / Alistair Rowan. -- Welbeck Abbey and the 5th Duke of Portland : eccentricity or philanthropy? / Pete Smith.

ISBN:

0903736292 (paperback)
9780903736299 (paperback)

Subject:

Country homes Great Britain 19th century.
Architecture, Modern History 19th century.
Country homes Great Britain Design and construction 19th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Country homes.
Country homes Design and construction.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Airs, Malcolm.
University of Oxford. Department for Continuing Education.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285590
Call No.: BIB 225268
Status: Available