First Additional Supplement to Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, Villa - Bringing the Work Down to 1842

Published in 1842, this illustrated supplement to an 1833 encyclopaedia of rural architecture discusses improvements in building materials and design.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Cottages for country labourers and mechanics, and for gardeners, foresters, bailiffs ...; 2. Cottage villas and villas; 3. Farm buildings; 4. Schools, inns, workhouses, and almshouses; 5. Details of construction applicable to cottages, farm buildings, villas, &c.; 6. Fittings-up, finishing, and furnishing; 7. Hints to proprietors desirous of improving the labourers' cottages on their estates; General index.

Summary

After an enthusiastic response to his 1833 encyclopaedia of rural architecture (also reissued in this series), landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) published this illustrated supplement in 1842. He and his contributors discuss many recent developments in the field and improvements in the design of rural buildings.

Product details

• Authors: John Claudius Loudon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2014
• EAN: 9781108071635
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07163-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, Furniture Design, DESIGN / Furniture, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings