1st Edition

Georgian Houses for All

By John Woodforde Copyright 1978
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1978, Georgian Houses for All describes how little Gregorian houses came into being and how the original inhabitants used them. Gregorian houses at their smallest and simplest can be seen everywhere in the British Isles – detached, semi-detached and joined together in terraces. There are probably still over a million of them, built during a period of 130 years without the... Read more

Author’s Note 1. Palladian Comfort 2. Five Types of Houses 3. Builders and Landlords I 4. Builders and Landlords II 5. The First Terrace Houses 6. Living in London 7. Building Materials and Economy 8. The Farmhouse 9. The Parsonage 10. Furnishing and Lighting 11. Bedrooms 12. Hygiene 13. The Sash Window 14. Chimneys and Fireplaces 15. Non-classical Work 16. The Villas and the End 17. Archival Records 18. The Georgian Tradition Revived Bibliography Index

Biography

John Woodforde