Main entry:

Denison, Edward.

Title & Author:

The life of the British home : an architectural history / Edward Denison & Guang Yu Ren.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012.

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index.
Introduction -- Sticks and stones : the ancient adobe from the Stone Age to Roman invasion -- Roman homes and the newfangled rectangle : Roman Britain AD 43-410 -- Wooden walls and fledgling halls : Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain c AD 410-1066 -- The hearth and hall : Medieval Britain 1066-1485 -- Architecture and avarice : the Tudors and early Stuarts 1485-1649 -- The compact commodity : Civil War and four Georges 1649-c 1830 -- Home sweet home? : the Industrial Age c 1830-1910 -- The 'modern' home : the 20th century and beyond.

Summary:

Unlocking the history of the British home, this book reveals how its layout has evolved from the Stone Age to the present day, to cater for the very different needs and lifestyles of its occupants. From modest ancient dwellings and medieval merchants' houses to imposing stately mansions and modern urban estates, the book explores the forces that have shaped our homes and examines the attitudes and innovations of each age. The story begins with the earliest Neolithic houses, built by the first people to surrender a nomadic way of life and settle on the land. It moves on to the Iron Age, and continues via the period of Roman invasion and classical order, the medieval era, the ostentatious mansions erected in Tudor times to display the wealth and social standing of their owners, and the urban civility of the Georgian terraces. It then turns to the villas and high-rise apartments of the Victorian period and, lastly, the 20th century, when domestic architecture had to respond to industrialisation and unprecedented urbanisation. Each chapter brings these ideas to life by focussing on buildings that are accessible and open to the public. Featured homes include: stone dwellings in the Orkneys; roundhouses at Butser Ancient Farm; the Roman villa at Bignor; Anglo-Saxon homes at West Stow; the great fortified manor of Stokesay Castle; the Tudor mansions of Cowdray and Burghley House; the Palladian splendour of Moor Park; and the grand Georgian terraces of London, Bath and Brighton; as well as more modest Victorian terraced houses and pioneering post-war housing projects.

ISBN:

9780470683330
0470683333
9781119945314 (ebk)
9781119945321 (ebk)
9781119945338 (ebk)
9781118316634 (ebk)
1119945313
9781119945314
1119945321
9781119945321
111994533X
9781119945338
1118316630
9781118316634

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Dwellings Great Britain.
Habitations Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings
Great Britain

Added entries:

Ren, Guang Yu.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279454
Call No.: BIB 215485
Status: Available