Author Description

Girouard, Mark. The Victorian Country House. First Edition. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. 24cm x 32cm. 218 pages with fold out maps and 420 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: The Upper classes adapt to their circumstances/ The men who built the country houses/ A country house analysis/ A run round the Nouveaux-riches/ Victorian Gentlemen: The Ideal/ The Victorian Gentlemen's house/ The Building of a country house/ The Choice of Architect/ Materials old and new/ Technology and the country house: Plumbing, heating and Ventilation/ Gas and electricity/ Technology, Comfort. Snobbery and Aesthetics/ The Country House Plan/ The Servants Wing/ Nuances and Drawbacks of the Victorian Planning/ The Historical Development of the Plan: William Burn/ The Male Domain/ The Conservatory/ The Great Hall/ The Picturesque versus the Functional: Pugin/ Barry, Blore, Burn and Salvin/ The Battle of the Styles/ The High Victorian Years/ Muscularity/ Texture. Colour and Ruskin/ High Victorian Attitutes: The Pugin Tradition/ High Victorian Attitudes The Picturesque Tradition/ The Revolt of teh Goths/ The Architect as Artist/ Artistic Houses and Artistic People/ Kerr and Stevenson/ The Old English Style/ Leys Wood/ 'Queen Anne'/ Shaw: Composition and Planning/ The Hall Revived/ Philip Webb/ Clouds/ Shaw's Contemporaries: Ernest George/ George Devey/ The First steps to Neo-Georgian/ Bayons Manor/ Scarisbrick Hall/ Merevale Hall/ Highclere Castle/ Prestwold Hall/ Peckforton Castle/ Osborne/ Treberfydd/ Horsted Place/ Milton Ernest Hall/ Woodchester Park/ Shadwell Park/ The Crossleys of Hallifax and their buildings/ Devey in Kent: Betteshanger St Albans Court/ Kelham Hall/ Brodsworth Hall/ Humewood Castle/ Bear Wood/ Cardiff Castle/ Kinmel Park/ Cragside/ Beauvale Lodge/ Carlton Towers/ Castell Coch/ Adcote/ Ken Hill/ Wightwick Manor/ St..