1st Edition
Wren’s Burford Masons Unsung Heroes of 17th and Early 18th Century English Architecture
By Melody Mobus
Copyright 2023
222 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17 th and early 18 th centuries.
The Burford Masons were involved in the construction of such outstanding buildings as St Paul's Cathedral, City churches, and Blenheim Palace, among... Read more
List of Illustrations
Introduction
- Beginnings in the Burford area
- Burford quarries and stone
- Delivering the stone
- Regional masons 1631–66
- London 1667–72
- City church rebuilding 1672–1700
- Changing the London skyline 1700–25
- St Paul’s Cathedral: I
- St Paul’s Cathedral: II
- The Queen Anne churches
- Other London work
- The City mason
- Royal work 1683–1729
- Blenheim Palace 1705–12
- Co-financing the rebuilding
- The Strongs’ work in the provinces post-1666
- The Kempsters’ work in the provinces post-1666
- The country mason
- Reaping the rewards
- Envoi: making sense of it all
Select bibliography
Index
Biography
Melody Mobus is an independent architectural historian who practised as a Chartered Surveyor in Oxford before obtaining her doctorate. She is the author of ‘The Burford School of Masons’ published in Oxoniensia, and delivered a paper on surviving late payments at the first conference of the Construction History Society, at Queens College, Cambridge.
