The Period House: Style, Detail and Decoration, 1774 to 1914 by Richard Russell Lawrence and Teresa Chris (PT50)

Published 1996: First Edition / Hardcover / Excellent Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original blue cloth with silver titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 192 as new very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket. (PT50)

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This text traces the development of the British house, through its various guises, from 1780 to 1914. It offers insight into the building codes and customs of the times and provides an overview of the architectural detail of each period. In addition to the architectural history of the exterior, the book also examines the interior (living standards, design and decoration) and it explains where similar houses are located throughout the British Isles and Ireland. The first section of the book treats the terraced house chronologically by style, showing front and back elevations, ground plans of each floor and focuses on the detail of, for instance, sanitation and decorative mouldings. The second part looks at how life was lived in and around the house, with features on chimneys, cooking, lighting, colour, wallpapers, windows, doors and gardens. Throughout, the book is illustrated with images from the pattern books of builders, joiners and craftsmen, as well as plans and critiques from contemporary journals.

Reviews:

Fascinatingly well illustrated and informative.

This book is like no others because it gives the reader a wealth of illustration, both common and more technical so that one can grasp in detail the characteristics of British houses from the last quarter of the 18th century to Word War I.

This book is especially strong with gathering floor plans and axonometric views of houses, which are usually hard to get by.

However, this book is not all dry and technical, but also provides plenty of details about everyday life in the different periods.

It should be of interest to both amateurs, connoisseurs, and specialists.

1. Introduction, 9

2. Late Georgian, 1774-1810, 17

3. Regency & Early Victorian, 1811-50, 39

4. Mid-Victorian, 1851-75, 61

5. Late Victorian, 1876-99, 83

6. Edwardian, 1900-14, 105

7. Details, 128

8. Further information, 178

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