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Windows: History, Repair and Conservation book cover

2nd Edition

Windows History, Repair and Conservation

Edited By James Campbell, Michael Tutton Copyright 2026
608 Pages 423 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

608 Pages 423 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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In Windows: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the history, dating, development, care, repair and conservation of windows by authors who are experts in their fields. Each chapter covers a different aspect of the subject, from the dating of windows and their separate parts, through to surveying and engineering, recording and curation of historic windows, their... Read more

Introduction

James W.P. Campbell and Michael Tutton

 

PART ONE:  HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING

 

1. The Historical Development of Windows from the Ancient World to 1500

James WP Campbell

 

2.  The Historical Development of the Window After 1500

Hentie Louw

 

3. Dating Sash Windows Through Their Details

Charles Brooking

 

4.  A History of Window Fittings

Treve Rosoman

 

5.   The History and Development of Glass

David Martlew

 

PART TWO: SURVEYING AND ASSESSMENT

 

6. Recording Windows and Assessing Historical Significance

Adam Menuge

7. Structural Assessment

Robert Thorniley-Walker

 

8. Assessing Window Performance and Sustainability

Mike Parrett

 

PART THREE: MATERIALS, REPAIR AND CONSERVATION

 

9. Timber

Alan Lamb

 

10. Environmental Deterioration of Historic Timber Windows

Jagjit Singh

 

11. Metal

Eleni Makri and Rupert Harris

 

12 Stone

Graham Abrey

 

13. Leaded Lights and stained Glass

Ruth Cooke

 

14 Paints and Coatings

Karen Morrissey and Charlotte Owen

Biography

James W. P. Campbell, MA, PhD, FSA, IHBC, RIBA, is chairman of the Construction History Society, Professor of Architecture Construction History at the University of Cambridge and Seear Fellow in Architecture and History of Art at Queens’ College, Cambridge. His previous books include Brick: A World History (2003), Building St Paul’s (2007), The Library: A World History (2013) and in the current series he has co-edited with Michael Tutton, Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014) and Doors: History, Repair and Conservation (2020).

Michael Tutton, FSA, IHBC, has some 30 years’ experience, largely in the construction industry, working principally on historic buildings as a site manager, clerk of works and consultant. He is past chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and was Secretary and Treasurer of the Construction History Society. He currently divides his time as an assistant architectural advisor to Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust and as an independent scholar writing and editing. He is the series editor for this series, having worked on the first edition of the current volume with Elizabeth Hirst and on Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014) and Doors: History, Repair and Conservation (2020) with James W. P. Campbell.

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