Georgian & Regency Houses ExplainedThe Georgian and Regency house conjures up a distinct and much admired image. Elegance, refinement and beautiful proportions have made this period an inspiration for later architects and a popular choice for today's house buyer. Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, author Trevor Yorke explains all aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the homes and houses of this notable period. The book is divided into three sections, outlining the history of the period; stepping inside the different rooms and their fittings, what they were used for and how they would have appeared; and the final section contains a quick reference guide with notes on dating houses, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of unfamiliar terms and details of places to visit |
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18th century Ancient arch architects architecture areas balconies became popular bedrooms BOND brickwork builders built cellar centre cheaper chimney classical style coloured columns cornice country house dado rail decorative detached house dining room early 19th century entablature especially exterior façade fanlights fashionable feature finest houses fire fireplace front door Georgian and Regency Georgian houses Georgian period glazing bars Gothick ground floor half basement hand example improvement industry Inigo Jones iron kitchen larger houses late 18th century London medieval mid 18th century moulding notable Palladian style panel parapet patterns piano nobile pitched roof plaster quality bricks rail rear Regency houses Regency period Richard Arkwright road Robert Adam rural sash box sash windows service rooms shallow shaped side spa towns stone street string course structure stucco surface surround terraced houses timber framed town turnpike trusts types urban usually Victorian period village wall