Full Description
The British terrain is a gold mine for the student of architecture. Ranging in era from ancient times to the present day—from Stonehenge to the Millennium Dome—this volume's 76 entries include palaces, castles, bridges, churches, country houses, and various public buildings and monuments, as well as such well-known features of British architecture and design as terraced houses, suburban semi-detached houses, and public telephone kiosks. Detailed yet accessible to nonspecialist readers, the alphabetical entries also provide cross-references and lists of additional information sources in both print and electronic formats. Appendixes list the entries by location, architectural style, and architect/designer; explain the defining characteristics of major British architectural styles; and discuss the importance of the Crown, peerage, and Parliament in British architectural history. Besides a detailed subject index, the volume includes a timeline, a general bibliography, a glossary of architectural terms, and an introduction that traces the development of British architecture from prehistoric and Roman times to the 21st century.
Written by an associate professor of architecture at Oklahoma State University, Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales, part of Greenwood's Reference Guides to National Architecture series, presents architectural biographies of these countries' most famous and significant structures.
Contents
Entries by Location
Entries by Architectural Style
Entries by Architects, Designers, and Engineers
Simplified Summary of British Architectural Styles
Timeline of British Architecture
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London
Bath, Avon, England
Belton House, Lincolnshire, England
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
The British Museum, Bloomsbury, London
Broadleys, Cumbria, England
Buckingham Palace, London
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
The Cathedral Church of Christ, St. Peter's Mount and The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London
Charters and the Modern Movement, Berkshire, England
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
Chester, Cheshire, England
Chiswick House, Chiswick, London
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Huntley, Gloucestershire, England
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The Durham Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham, England
Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
Erddig Hall, Wrexham, Wales
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, England
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
Hadrian's Wall, Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend-on-Tyne, near English-Scottish border
Hampton Court Palace, London
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England
Harewood House, Yorkshire, England
Highgrove, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England
The Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster), Westminster, London
Ironbridge, Coalbrookedale, Shropshire, England
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England
Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, England
Lloyd's of London, London
London Bridge, London
London City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London
The "London Eye," The South Bank, London
Lutyens Country Houses, various sites
The Millennium Bridge, London
The Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London
Number 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London
The Parish Church of St. Giles, Wrexham, Wales
Portmeirion, Merioneth, Wales
Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Public Telephone Kiosks
The Queen's House and The Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, London
Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Regent's Park and Regent Street, London
The Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England
The Royal State Coach, The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, London
St. James's Palace, Pall Mall, London
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Sandringham House, Norfolk, England
The Soane Museum, London
Somerset House, The Strand, London
Spencer House, Green Park, London
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Stourhead, Wiltshire, England
Suburban Semi-Detached Houses, various sites
Syon House, Middlesex (London)
Terraced Houses, Various Sites
Tower Bridge, London
The Tower of London, London
Trafalgar Square, London
Tyntesfield, Somerset, England
Westminster Abbey, The Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster, Westminster, London
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Appendix: The Monarchy, the Peerage, and the Parliament
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
