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The idea of the cottage in English architecture, 1760-1860
Title:
The idea of the cottage in English architecture, 1760-1860
ISBN:
9781315760766
Personal Author:
Publication Information New:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages)
Series:
Routledge research in architecture

Routledge research in architecture.
Contents:
1. The cottage, rural retreat and the simple life -- 2. The cottage in English architecture -- 3. The architect-designed cottage -- 4. The cottage in Arcadia -- 5. Architects, patrons and connoisseurs -- 6. Habitations of the labourer -- 7. The appreciation of cottages -- 8. Re-imagining the vernacular -- 9. The cottage ornee -- 10. The cottages of old England.
Language:
English