The Growth of the English House: A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred)
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The Growth of the English House: A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred)
Architecture -- England; Architecture, Domestic
Blenheim, Oxfordshire, 1715
Wanstead, Essex, 1719 (_cir._)
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, 1720
Moor Park, Hertfordshire, 1720
Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, 1720 (_cir._)
Mereworth, Kent, 1722
Houghton, Norfolk, 1723
Glastonbury Hall, 1726
Villa at Chiswick, 1729
Rothwell Manor House, Northamptonshire
Rectory, Burford
House in Whitehall Gardens
Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
House at Horsham, Sussex
Ironwork at Carshalton House, Surrey
Ironwork at Eaton Hall, Cheshire
GEORGE II.--1727–1760.
House in Hatton Garden
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, 1747
Prior Park, Bath, 1750 (_cir._)
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, 1754 (_cir._)
GEORGE III.--1760–1820.
Harewood House, Yorkshire, 1760
Cumberland House, 1760–67
Kedlestone, Derbyshire, 1761
Lansdowne House, 1765 (_cir._)
House in Mansfield Street, London, 1770 (_cir._)
House in St James’s Square, London, 1772
Somerset House, Strand, 1776
Baddow House, Essex
House at Faversham, Kent
House at Colchester
GLOSSARY.
AISLE.--The wing of a church, at the side of the nave or choir.
ARABESQUE.--Ornamentation enriching flat surfaces.
ASHLAR.--Hewn or squared stone, as distinguished from that which
is rough or unhewn.
BALL-FLOWER.--A mediæval ornament resembling a ball placed within
a globular flower.
BASE.--- The lower part of a pillar or column.
BATTLEMENT.--An indented parapet, often pierced for the discharge
of arrows.
BOLECTION MOULDING.--A moulding (in joinery) which projects
beyond the surface of the framework round a panel.
BOSS.--A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the
ribs of a ceiling or of vaulting.
BUTTRESS.--A projection from a wall to create additional strength
or support.
CAP., abbrev. for CAPITAL.--The upper part or head of a pillar or
column.
CHIMNEY-PIECE.--The architectural decoration surrounding a
fireplace.
COPING.--The covering course of a wall or parapet to protect it
from the weather.
CORBEL.--A projecting stone to carry a weight.
CORNICE.--The horizontal moulded projection encircling a
building, or the upper part of the walls of a room below the
ceiling.
COUNTER-HAURIANT.--A heraldic term. Counter = reversed:
hauriant = swimming vertically. Two fishes swimming vertically,
facing each other, are counter-hauriant.
CRENELLATE.--To fortify with battlements.
CROCKET.--Projecting leaves or flowers placed on pinnacles,
gables, or the mouldings of doors and windows, &c.
CROSS-BRACE.--An oblique wooden tie or support.
CUSP.--A projecting point in the arches of tracery.
DADO.--The architectural treatment of the lower part of the walls
of a room.
DAÏS.--The raised part of the floor at the upper end of a hall.
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