I am indebted to the following photographers for permission to include photographs taken by them:--Messrs Bedford, Lemere & Co., Figs. 141, 143–44, 318; Messrs F. Frith & Co., Figs. 4, 5, 56, and 255; Messrs Hills and Saunders, Fig. 155; and Mr. H. Evans, Fig. 52. A number of photographs have been contributed by Mr. Montague Cooper, Mr. F. H. Crossley, Mr. Horace Dan, and Dr. G. Granville Buckley. Other subjects have been furnished by Mr. A. E. Walsham, Messrs Thos. Lewis Ltd., of Birmingham, and the late Mr. W. Galsworthy Davie, while those not otherwise mentioned are from negatives taken by myself. I must also acknowledge with thanks the kindness of Mr. E. R. M. Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Norfolk, in placing at my disposal the contents of his ancestor’s note-books mentioned in the Appendix. J. A. GOTCH. KETTERING, _April 1918_. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTION Evolution of the Modern House--Elizabethan Domestic Arrangements--First Signs of Transition--Gradual Disappearance of Jacobean Features--Predominance of the Classic Style--The Gothic Revival 1 II. THE CHANGE IN STYLE The Native _versus_ the Italian Method--Change in the Status of the Architect--The Influence of Architectural Books--The Smithson Drawings 25 III. INIGO JONES Jacobean Design still Prevalent--Significance of the Banqueting House, Whitehall--The Early Life of Inigo Jones--His Drawings and his Authentic Executed Work--His Pupil and Assistant--Work Attributed to Jones--Characteristics of his Genius 41 IV. THE DRAWINGS OF INIGO JONES AND JOHN WEBB The Whitehall Designs and their Authorship--John Webb: his Relation to Jones and Subsequent Career--Contemporary Evidence on the Drawings--Webb’s Executed Work 63 V. THE TRANSITION IN MINOR BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS Lingering Jacobean Detail--Some Country Houses of the Transitional Period--Curious Blending of the Old and New Styles--Charm of some of the Successful Examples--Remodelling of Domestic Fittings 99 VI. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN His Life and Early Work--First Design for St Paul’s Cathedral--The Work of Building--Other Work, including Greenwich and Hampton Court--Contemporary Esteem--His Influence on the Subsequent Course of Architecture--Domestic Work Attributed to him 141 VII. SOME FURTHER WORK OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II.