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The Great Public Buildings of London: Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Edifice, with Illustrations

Author/EditorBritton J & (Author)
Pugin, Augustus (Author)
Daniels, Stephen (Author)
ISBN: 9781784538439
Pub Date20/02/2020
Binding
Pages
Dimensions (mm)172(h) * 244(w)
Britton and Pugin's Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London was a landmark work on the key buildings of London.
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Britton and Pugin's Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London was a landmark work on the key buildings of London. Featuring both well loved and lesser known buildings by some of the greatest architects of their day, including Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Nash, Decimus Burton, Inigo Jones, George Dance and John Soane, the volumes provide both architectural and historical detail on each of the buildings and are accompanied by Augustus Pugin's magnificent drawings of the facades, plans, interiors, architectural details, etc. Among the buildings featured are St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Banqueting House, Temple Church, Bank of England, the Law Courts, Regent's Park Terraces, and Freemasons' Hall, amongst many others. The term `street architecture' was first coined in these two volumes. Now rare, these important volumes are reissued in a larger format with a new introduction by a leading contemporary scholar.

Britton and Pugin's Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London was a landmark work on the key buildings of London. Featuring both well loved and lesser known buildings by some of the greatest architects of their day, including Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Nash, Decimus Burton, Inigo Jones, George Dance and John Soane, the volumes provide both architectural and historical detail on each of the buildings and are accompanied by Augustus Pugin's magnificent drawings of the facades, plans, interiors, architectural details, etc. Among the buildings featured are St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Banqueting House, Temple Church, Bank of England, the Law Courts, Regent's Park Terraces, and Freemasons' Hall, amongst many others. The term `street architecture' was first coined in these two volumes. Now rare, these important volumes are reissued in a larger format with a new introduction by a leading contemporary scholar.

John Britton (1771-1857) was a writer and editor and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was a leading authority on topography in the early nineteenth century. Auguste Charles Pugin (1762-1832), father to the architect Augustus Welby Pugin, was a French emigre and architectural draughtsman. Stephen Daniels is Professor Emeritus of Cultural Geography, University of Nottingham, UK.

Volume 1 Introduction by Stephen Daniels Preface St. Paul's Cathedral St. Stephen's, Walbrook Church of St. Martin's Custom House British Museum Diorama Opera House Uxbridge House English Villas, &c. Church of St. Mary, Woolnoth Burlington House St. Philip's Chapel Church of St. Paul, Covent Garden Ditto of St. Bride, Fleet Street Temple Church St. Pancras Church St. Marylebone Church Church of St. James, Westminster London Institution Covent Garden Theatre Drury Lane Theatre Haymarket Theatre Royal Opera House Royal Amphitheatre Royal Exchange Bethlehem Hospital Russell Institution Mr. Hope's House Mr. Soane's Museum Free-masons' Hall Index Volume 2 Table of Contents and Tabular View of Bridges List of Public Buildings, Squares, &c Preface Mr Greenough's Villa Catholic Chapel York Stairs, Water Gate Somerset House Society of Arts College of Physicians Newgate Horse Guards Church of St. Peter le Poor East India House Ashburnham House Church of St. George Church of All Souls Westminster Hall Banqueting House Mansion House County Fire Office University Club House Tower of Bow Church Westminster Abbey Church Hall, Christ's Hospital Carlton Palace Church of All Saints Church of St. Luke, Chelsea College of Physicians, and Union Club House Terraces in the Regent's Park Council Office, &c Bank of England Law Courts, Westminster House of Lords, &c. Colosseum, Regent's Park Hanover Chapel Temple Bar Tower of St. Dunstan House of Mr. Nash, &c. Belgrave and Eaton Squares Mr. Kemp's Villa London, Southwark, and Waterloo Bridges Bridge of Blackfriars Bridge of Westminster Index

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