Houses & Cottages Of Britain

Part of the Buildings History series
Origins and Development of Traditional Buildings

People flock in their millions to stately homes, but much less attention is paid to the domestic architecture that still abounds in Britain. This superb book is the standard work on the buildings in which the British people have lived since the Middle Ages. From the simple barn-like structures of medieval times to the urban terraces, back-to-backs and semi-detached houses of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it goes inside the houses and shows how and why they were originally planned, and how they evolved, often from very basic structures. It also investigates the differing means and materials of construction - earth, timber, stone, brick - and the various uses for the room inside.

In the process, 'Houses & Cottages Of Britain' reveals a great deal of fascinating information about how the people for whom the houses were built lived and worked.