Colvin, Howard Montagu,

Essays in English architectural history / Howard Colvin. - viii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 303) and index.

Royal gardens in medieval England -- Was there a 'court style' in medieval English architecture? -- Church building in Devon in the sixteenth century -- Recycling the monasteries: demolition and reuse by the Tudor government, 1536-47 -- Pompous entries and English architecture -- Herms, terms and Caryatids in English architecture -- The south front of Wilton House -- Thorpe Hall and its architect -- Chesterton House, Warwickshire -- Robert Hooke and Ramsbury Manor -- The rebuilding of the Church of St Mary Aldermary after the great fire of London -- John Aubrey's Chronologia architectonica -- Gothic survival and Gothic revival -- The grand bridge in Blenheim Park (with Alistair Rowan) -- Lord Burlington and the office of works -- Architect and client in Georgian England -- Lease or demolish? The problem of the redundant country house in Georgian England -- Writing A biographical dictionary of British architects -- The author's principal writings on architectural history.

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