Victorian Housebuilding

Informationen zum Autor Kit Wedd is an architectural historian and works as a heritage advisor for an engineering consultancy. She has written many articles on historical conservation and interior decoration and is an active member of the Victorian Society. Her other books include The Victorian Society Book of the Victorian House! and The Victorian Bathroom Catalogue. Klappentext The Victorian suburbs! now such a familiar element of the British townscape! were once building sites where armies of workmen converged to cover open land with streets of modest! comfortable houses. This title celebrates the work of the men who! plot by plot! translated surveyors' drawings and piles of materials into streets of dwellings. This fully illustrated book shows how Victorian Houses were planned and constructed, and who built them. Zusammenfassung The Victorian suburbs, now such a familiar element of the British townscape, were once building sites where armies of workmen converged to cover open land with streets of modest, comfortable houses. This title celebrates the work of the men who, plot by plot, translated surveyors' drawings and piles of materials into streets of dwellings. Inhaltsverzeichnis ?Introduction / Suburban Development / House Designs / On Site / Working Life / Conclusion / Further Reading / Index

Product details

• Authors: Kit Wedd, Kitt Wedd, Wedd Kit
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2012
• EAN: 9780747810957
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1095-7
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 201 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Houses, apartments, flats, etc, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings