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The Englishman's House: A practical guide for selecting or building a house

 By Charles James Richardson
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By Charles James
Richardson
Published 1898
Chatto and Windus
Architecture, Domestic
504 pages
Original from the University of California
Digitized Sep 20, 2007
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First edition published under the title: Picturesque designs for mansions, villas, lodges, etc. 1870; second edition: The Englishman's house from a cottage to a mansion. 1871; an American reprint: House-building, from a cottage to a mansion. 1873.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
13
Doric Order, pediment, internal decoration
M9IOT No I A GARDENERS COTTAGE
50
cottage oven, wood casement, small cottage
2 A SMALL COTTAGE OR LODGE
56
COTTAGE OR LODGE, scullery, staircase
A PiCTUltESQUE COTTAGE
62
Hamlet, scullery, Cottage
A DOUBLE COTTAGE
66
DOUBLE COTTAGE, gable, living-room
A DOUBLE COTTAGE AND VILLAGE SUNDAY SCHOOL
70
Ashford, Finial, compo
A HUNTSMANS LODGE on COTTAGE
78
cornice, chimneys, plan shows
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDING COTTAGES
82
Portland cement, Stockbridge, concrete
A GARDEN GATE
95
bitumen, balustrade, cistern
A PARK LODGE
99
Gothic, Back front, red brick
A PARK LODGE
102
rustic, porch, front
AJJ ENTRANCE LODGE TO A PARK
104
Finial, ENTRANCE LODGE, iron strap
AN ENTRANCE LODGE AND GATEWAY TO A PARK
112
entrance lodge, mansion within, olden style
A STOVE FOR AN ENTRANCE HALL
120
balconet, stove, shows the construction
QUEENS GATE LODGE HYDE PARK
124
Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, sington
ON THE FOUNDATION AND BASEMENTWALLS OP BUILDINGS DAMP PREVENTION AND FIRE
151
joists, linseed oil, corbel
A SMALL COUNTRY RECTORY
162
corbel, SMALL COUNTRY RECTORY, Elizabethan
A SMALL COUNTRY HOUSE
174
12 feet, portico, Frieze
A COUNTRY VILLA
183
wine cellar, ironwork, Italy
A DOUBLE SUBURBAN VILLA
192
Balustrading, embossed glass, one-pair
VILLAGE SCHOOLS AND BEADING ROOM
208
master and mistress, village, yards
A ROMAN CATHOLIC CIIAPF L AND SCHOOLS
210
chancel, High street, altar
A BATH HOUSE AND SUMMER ROOM
214
BATH HOUSE, carved oak, small gables
A SMALL COUNTRY VILLA
222
attic floor, side elevation, basement floor
A VILLA IN THE OLD ENGLISH WOODEN STYLE
232
Thrapston, Shropshire, Du Cange
A GARDEN SUMMER HOUSE
262
GARDEN SUMMER-HOUSE, flower-garden, given on page
A SMALL COUNTRY RETREAT OR FRENCH MAI SONETTE
268
verandah, Pimlico, cut woodwork
AN ELIZABETHAN VILLA
280
Balustrading, ELIZABETHAN VILLA, bay window
A SUMMER OR GARDEN VILLA
303
Wothorp, Sir William Chambers, GARDEN VILLA
A DECORATED WINDOW
336
scrollwork, pilasters, ruby ground
A SCULPTORS VILLA
340
wrought iron, conservatory, ironwork
A GARDEN SEAT
361
garden, Design
A GARDEN SKAT
362
Italian, church is seen, GARDEN SEAT
AN ICE HOUSE
370
ice-house, splayed down, thatch
A SUBURBAN VILLA
373
ELIZABETHAN, SUBURBAN VILLA, boiler
A SUBURBAN VILLA
382
semi-detached, SUBURBAN VILLA, housemaid's closet
RIDINGHOUSE AND SlABLING
389
purlins, prospect tower, circular ribs
A BACHELORS HOUSE
401
solicitor, living room, basement
THE FIREPLACE
404
zinc, Mansard roof, carbonic acid
A LECTURE HALL OR LITERARY INSTITUTION
456
entrance-door, LITERARY INSTITUTION, Design
ENCAUSTIC TILES
460
encaustic tile, South Kensington Museum, trellis
RESTORATION OF CASTLE GUNNARSTROP SWEDEN
465
Sweden, dormer windows, vignette
SUMMER VILLA TOE THE COUNT KINSKI AT TliPLITZ
470
boudoir, villa was designed, Attic plan
HARRINGTON HOUSE QUEENS PALACE GARDENS
476
HARRINGTON HOUSE, Kensington, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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Ashford - Page 71
the centre so as to form a prominent object ; they were copied from a very fine ancient example, then existing at a farmhouse near Ashford, in Kent.
more pages: 75
Kensington - Page 132
and consisted of about 5 6 acres ; the level of the ground on the north of Kensington being about 36 feet higher than the portion at Brompton. ...
more pages: 146 153 158 187 337
Caen - Page 247
Troves the capital of Champagne, still retains its ancient buildings, and the chestnut-timbered houses of Caen, which were raised, or restored, ...
more pages: 116
Copenhagen - Page 465
It was to be erected on the heights bordering the Sound near Copenhagen, and was seen from the sea in passing, peering above the trees. ...
London - Page 444
and in some generation or other it will be written that it found London foul and left it sweet, and there will be a time when this will be appreciated ...
more pages: 96 124 194 195 282 373 383 401 430 443
Bristol - Page 64
Views of all of them were first published at Bristol by Mr. Western. Section. There are numerous similar hamlets and villages in England, ...
Windsor - Page 183
THIS villa, which 1ms just been erected in Berkshire, in the neighbourhood of Windsor, is intended as the country residence for a lady of rank. ...
Lambeth - Page 279
It is still used, together with Jordan's patent for carving, at Lambeth. The vignette gives a pattern for cut-wood balus- trading.
Dublin - Page 321
One example, is the casine of Maiino, near Dublin, built by Sir William Chambers for the Earl of Charlemont.
York - Page 154
Above the bed of concrete, which is 9 feet in breadth, by 3 feet in thickness, are York landings, a, 4 inches thick and exceeding 6 feet in width. ...
Paris - Page 96
A church (that at Vesinet, near Paris, of medueval architecture), constructed entirely with iron and this concrete, is completely fireproof. ...
more pages: 160 189 191 391
Manchester - Page 438
Spence's scheme has been successfully tried in its application to private residences, and also on a large scale to the new Assize Courts in Manchester ...
more pages: 435
Salisbury - Page 159
A rectory, not far from Salisbury, where the author was engaged a few years ago, was in such an exposed situation that on three of its sides no tree ...
Greenwich - Page 41
A medley view, such as of water and land at Greenwich, best entertains the eyes, refreshing the wearied beholder with exchange of objects. ...
Cambridge - Page 303
in the book " Britannia Illustrata," and those of the gardens given in Loggan's " Oxonia IJestituta," and the similar work on Cambridge. ...
Glasgow - Page 159
Walter Crum, to prevent the spread of fire from one room to another in his calico printing works, near Glasgow. Damp. ...
Edinburgh - Page 30
are now made at an expenditure of stone or brick less by one-third in quantity than was employed in many old houses ; those in High Street, Edinburgh, ...
Oxford - Page 25
The Cathedral at Strasbourg, the Louvre at Paris, suggested improvements in our own country at Windsor Castle, Oxford, &c., all indicated the rapid ...
Rome - Page 23
The ingenuity and refinement of Greek art gradually spread to Rome, the Romans adopting the Doric Order under the modification known as the Tuscan. ...
more pages: 24 305 307
Athens - Page 23
that during which, subsequent to the battle of Marathon, the Greeks commenced to rebuild the remains of Persian buildings, and to re-construct Athens. ...