Main entry:

Gomme, A. H. (Austin Harvey), 1930-2008.

Title & Author:

Smith of Warwick : Francis Smith, architect and master-builder / Andor Gomme.

Publication:

Stamford : Shaun Tyas, 2000.

Description:

x, 614 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The Craftsmen-Architects -- II. The smith and the 'Firm' -- III. Sources and Mannerisms -- IV. The Gentry House and the Plain Style -- V. Square Tops and Orders -- VI. Reconstructions and Recastings -- VII. Country Houses: Planning and Craftsmanship -- VIII. Some Case Histories -- IX. The Rebuilding of Warwick and Urban Domestic Architecture -- X. Churchwarden and Mayor: Building for the Church and the Town -- XI. Palladian Smith -- XII. Epilogue: Smith's Architectural Standing -- App. 1. Catalogue Raisonne -- App. 2. Clients for Unidentified Work -- App. 3. Principal Craftsmen -- App. 4. Samples of Estimates and Bills -- App. 5. Petition of Thomas Masters and William Smith.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Robert Adam called them 'reptile artisans' - the craftsmen-architects on whom for centuries the whole job of creating the nation's houses, churches and public buildings had depended: men who knew the building trade from the inside and gained an understanding of design as they worked stone, brick and timber with their own hands." "Pre-eminent among such craftsmen in the early eighteenth century was Francis Smith of Warwick, whose architectural and building practice spread over a huge area from north Wales to Surrey, from Dorset to Lincolnshire. Though born in Staffordshire, the son of a master-builder of Wolverhampton, Smith came to prominence with his elder brother through their contribution to the rebuilding of Warwick after the disastrous fire of 1694." "This book is the first comprehensive study of the Smith family firm and its work: their churches, public buildings and houses are assessed within the context of the practice of the building trades in their time and thereby give an insight into the ways in which architect-builders worked. Planning and structure are fully discussed, and the always important question of relationships between craftsman and client. Appendices include a catalogue raisonne of work by or attributed to Smith and his brothers and son, and samples of estimates, contracts and accounts." "The book is extensively illustrated in both colour and black-and-white, special attention being given to the outstanding quality of interior craftsmanship in joinery, carving and plasterwork: Smith commanded the loyalty of a team of independent masters whose skills were unsurpassed in their day and who added incomparable richness to the state rooms of the many houses on which they collaborated."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1900289385
9781900289382

Subject:

Smith, Francis, 1671?-1738.
Smith, Francis, (1672-1738)
Smith(famille)
Architects Biography.
Architecture, English History 18th century.
Mansions England History 18th century.
Architectes Biographies.
Architecture anglaise Histoire 18e siècle.
Hôtels particuliers Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture, English.
Mansions.
Architectes Angleterre (GB) 18e siècle.
England.
English architects.
Country houses Great Britain England 1690-1740.
Houses Great Britain England 1690-1740.
Churches Great Britain England 1690-1740.
Urban planning Great Britain England Warwick 1690-1730.

Form/genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.
Quotations (texts)
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218163
Call No.: NA44.S647.2 G6 2000
Status: Available