Over a million houses were built in Britain during the Edwardian period and another four million in the years between the two World Wars. Almost all of them are still in use as homes today. The Edwardian & Inter-war House explains to current owners of such houses why (and by whom) their properties were built, how the original occupants would have decorated, furnished and lived in them, and the development of the distinctive architectural styles of the time.
The leading architects of the Edwardian period were enthusiasts for a return to English vernacular styles, contrasting what they considered the dry rigidities of classicism with the extravaganzas of the Gothic revival. However it wasn’t aesthetics that affected the most radical change to the period’s architecture: Edwardians were also the first to incorporate innovations such as modern sanitation, bathing facilities and the use of electricity.
The first half of the book looks at the styles created for showpiece developments like Letchworth Garden City, and the way in which these designs were adapted for the first council houses. The book’s later chapters are devoted to the various rooms and features of the house – fireplaces, chimneys, doors, staircases, windows and more – as well as the styles, methods and materials used in their construction.
Featuring full colour photography throughout, The Edwardian and Inter-war House is an invaluable architectural resource for anyone living in – or thinking of restoring – a house built between 1900 and 1939.
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`I've been poring over it... recognising and discovering things I really want to know about... entirely to my taste ... so clear and all so well presented, with such authority.'
-- Judith Elliott, former editor at Orion, March 30, 2009
-- Judith Elliott, former editor at Orion, March 30, 2009
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Richard Russell Lawrence is the co-author, illustrator and designer of The Period House: Style, Detail and Decoration 1774-1914; The Illustrated Guide to Nelson’s Navy and The Book of the Edwardian & Interwar House.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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A detailed and fascinating visual survey of what's probably the most popular period in British vernacular architecture - the kind of house most of us live in. The author covers not only architectural style but all sorts of design detail, including finishes, colours combinations and even accessories like phones and garden design. It's an encyclopedia of all our yesterdays. Anyone who lives in a house like this and wants to maintain it with even a hint of authenticity or echo of its original splendour needs to get hold of a copy. It would be five stars except that some of the hundreds of illustrations (there are four or five on every page, some of them modern photos, others taken from catalogues and advertisements of the time) are hard to read details which have had to be blown up a little beyond their limit.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The (hardback) book is a very good reference book for the Interwar houses and bungalows that still line many surburban streets. It is full to the brim with colour photographs of present day surviving interwar houses and provides the reader with useful information such as how buildings and developments started with builders following the setting up of new Administration Centres etc.,, also has numerous diagrams - for example showing how chimneys and flues work(ed)in a larger building. It could easily be used as a source of information for an older School childs' project, but I would imagine you would want to buy it just to read it and enjoy.
By DB
Format:Hardcover
This is a really interesting and informative book, it is well researched and full of useful information. If you are looking for period features for your house this will show you what to aim for
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