1st Edition

The Evolution of the English House

By Sidney Oldall Addy Copyright 1933
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years. The focus is on plain wattled huts and combinations of dwelling-house and cattle-stall, as well as the great villas and picturesque timber houses of the wealthy. In this way the author establishes how the masses of the English people lived in past... Read more

1. The Round House – Underground Houses  2. The Rectangular House in its Simplest Form  3. The Rectangular House with ‘Outshuts’  4. The Larger Rectangular House with Aisles  5. Foreign Prototypes: Statements of Ancient Writers  6. The Town House  7. Building Materials – Chimneys – Windows – Mural Decorations – Roofs  8. The Manor House  9. The Castle and Watch-tower  10. The Church or Lord’s House  11. The House as the Basis of the English Coinage  12. The House as a Measure of Rights and Liabilities

Biography

Sidney Oldall Addy