Architecture in Britain & Ireland 600-1500

by Archer, Lucy; Smith, Edwin

• ISBN13: 9781860464041
• ISBN10: 1860464041
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Harvill Secker

Summary

While providing an historical background to each period, Lucy Archer's study is not so much a history of early British architecture as a near-exhaustive guide to the secular and religious buildings from the Saxon, Norman and Medieval periods that survive and can be visited. Three hundred black and white photographs by the late Edwin Smith, selected by his widow Olive Cook, a glossary of architectural terms and a gazetteer covering thousands of sites in Britain and Ireland make this an invaluable work of reference as well as an invitation to travel and to discover. This beautifully produced book, the first of Lucy Archer's projected three-volume survey and the result of a life-long study of the subject, is a work that will be of inestimable value to anyone with an interest in architecture, from the professional architect to the general reader keen to know more about Britain's heritage.

Author Biography

Lucy Archer read English at Oxford and became a freelance writer in 1974, publishing Raymond Erith Architect, England’s leading 20th-century classicist, in 1985. She writes and lectures regularly all over the country on the relevance of architectural tradition in the modern world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface and Acknowledgements	ix
INTRODUCTION
Prehistoric beginnings	1	(4)
The Roman legacy	5	(4)
The ``Dark Ages''	9	(2)
THE SAXON PERIOD
Historical background	11	(3)
Buildings	14	(20)
Recognizing Saxon churches	34	(3)
Ireland	37	(4)
Scotland	41	(2)
Wales	43	(2)
THE NORMAN PERIOD
Introduction	45	(1)
Historical background	45	(1)
Buildings	46	(40)
Ireland	86	(4)
Scotland	90	(1)
Wales	90	(2)
Recognizing Norman buildings	92	(5)
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Introduction	97	(1)
Early English	97	(4)
Decorated	101	(2)
Perpendicular	103	(7)
Religious architecture	110	(110)
Secular architecture	220	(67)
Ireland	287	(6)
Scotland	293	(9)
Wales	302	(4)
Recognizing medieval buildings	306	(2)
The close of the Middle Ages	308	(2)
Gazetteer of Sites in Britain and Ireland	310	(129)
Glossary	439	(13)
Suggested Further Reading	452	(3)
Index	455