Gentleman's House Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace

Name: Gentleman's House Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace
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ISBN: 9781108044844

ISBN-10: 1108044840

ISBN-13: 9781108044844

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Authors: Robert Kerr

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After Scottish architect Robert Kerr (1823-1904) published this book in 1864, he was given a commission to build what would become his best-known work, Bearwood House, in Berkshire, for the then proprietor of The Times of London, John Walter. Kerr gives a thorough explanation of the elements involved in the planning and building of a 'comfortable English Residence of the better sort' in this book, which is divided into five parts. The first gives a detailed historical account of the 'domestic plan' from the eleventh century to the present day. The subsequent sections leave no corner of a manor house unexamined, as Kerr discusses every room of such houses, their grounds, the possible types…

Book details

List price: $76.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



Preface



A Sketch of the History and Development of Domestic Plan in England



Programme of the inquiry



Eleventh century: the Saxon time



Eleventh century: the Norman time



Twelfth century



Thirteenth century



Fourteenth century



Fifteenth century



Sixteenth century



Seventeenth century



Eighteenth century



Nineteenth century



Exposition of Plan as Now Practised: Introductory Chapter: Classification of apartments



The Family Apartments



General considerations



The day rooms



The sleeping rooms



The children's rooms



The supplementaries



The thoroughfares



State Rooms, etc.



The Domestic Offices



General considerations



The kitchen offices



The upper servants' offices



The lower servants' offices



The laundry offices



The bakery and brewing offices



Cellars, storage, and outhouses



The servants' private rooms



The Stabling and Farm Offices, etc.



Notes on Site and the Grounds: Introduction



The choice of locality



The choice of site



The arrangement of the grounds and adjuncts



Notes on Architectural Style



Introduction



Elizabethan style



Palladian style



Elizabethan style revived



Rural Italian style



Palatial Italian style



French-Italian style



English Renaissance style



Medieval or Gothic style



Cottage style



Scotch Baronial style



Concluding remarks



Notes on Accommodation and Cost



Preliminary data



Modes of estimating



Supplementary expenses



Calculation of prices, cubical and superficial



Example of a house of the value of 1250L



Example of a house of the value of 2500L



Example of a house of the value of 5000L



Example of a house of the value of 10,000L



Example of a house of the value of 20,000L



Example of a house of the value of 40,000L or upwards



Estimate of stabling and farm offices



Appendix: critical notes on the plates