The Pattern of English Building

472 Pages·1987·33.137 MB·English

by  Alec Clifton-Taylor, Jack Simmons

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THE PATTERN OF ENGLISH BUILDING
by Alec Clifton-Taylor
‘[This book] is a finely detailed appreciation of materials, methods and crafts
written by the most knowledgeable of all amateurs for the delight and enlighten-
ment of all who love traditional domestic architecture . . . (it is) the best book on
building materials to appear so far in the second half of the 20th century.’
Connoisseur
‘Nothing remotely like it exists. And seldom can such a mass of hard facts have
been transformed into a narration of such skill that the literary accomplishment in
itself is a delight. This unique work by Alec Clifton-Taylor guides one through all
the processes of all the building arts and does so with a witty, courteous scholarship
which will attract expert and layman alike. As a country-book its value is
inestimable.’ Ronald Blythe in the Countryman
‘For anyone interested in the history, forms and use of our native materials, in
our native domestic architecture, the book is absorbing to read, enriching to study,
invaluable to consult. The easy narrative is cyclopaedically packed with fascinating
data, unmatched in any other book, and is superbly illustrated. A book in a
thousand.’ House and Garden
Faber Paperbacks
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PABE RAND PABERUEIMITED
3 Queen Square, London
This new edition first published in 1972
by Faber and Faber Limited
3 Queen Square, London WC1
Reprinted 1977
Printed in Great Britain by
BAS Printers Limited
Wallop, Hampshire
All rights reserved
ISBN 0 571 09526 7 (Faber Paperbacks)
ISBN 0 571 09525 9 (hard bound edition)
CONDITIONS OF SALE
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated
without the publisher’s prior consent in any form ofb inding or cover
other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition
including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser
© 1972 by Alec Clifton- Taylor
To the Memory
of my Parents
and
of Hazel
You must be so good as to tell me my road, and if
there is anything in my way worth stopping to see
— I mean literally to see: for I do not love
guessing whether a bump in the ground is Danish,
British or Saxon...
Horace Walpole to the Reverend William Mason,
July 6, 1772
To build, to plant, whatever you intend, ...
In all, let Nature never be forgot...
Consult the Genius of the Place in all.
Alexander Pope, Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of
Burlington, Of the Use of Riches.
The subject of Material is clearly the
foundation of architecture.
William Morris, Address to the Art Workers’
Guild, January 1892.
CO NAGEINGES
Foreword
Acknowledgment
The Illustrations
List of Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
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LIMESTONE
SANDSTONE
GRANITE 144
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MARBLE 176
FLINT
BRICK
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Tiige UN BAKED SEAR IHS 287
WOOD 294
THATCH 336
PLASTER AND OTHER. SURFACE MATERIALS 351
THE METALS
375
GLASS
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Glossary 403
Bibliography AIO
Place Index
415
General Index 432
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