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This comprehensive, well-illustrated survey of English architecture provides an evenhanded, straightforward history from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the twentieth century. Concentrating on buildings that can still be seen today, David Watkin discusses all the styles and periods of English architecture, including Norman, early Gothic, Perpendicular, Tudor and Jacobean, Baroque, Classical, and Victorian. The emphasis is on the high points of English creative genius as expressed in the art of architecture by Edwin Lutyens, Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, John Soane, James Stirling, Richard Rogers, and a host of others. This updated edition includes a new preface, a revised bibliography, and an expanded chapter on twentieth-century architecture that brings the story up to the present. 320 b/w illustrations.

Presents a survey of English architecture, from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the twentieth century.

This comprehensive, well-illustrated survey of English architecture provides an evenhanded, straightforward history from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the twentieth century. Concentrating on buildings that can still be seen today, David Watkin discusses all the styles and periods of English architecture, including Norman, early Gothic, Perpendicular, Tudor and Jacobean, Baroque, Classical, and Victorian. The emphasis is on the high points of English creative genius as expressed in the art of architecture by Edwin Lutyens, Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, John Soane, James Stirling, Richard Rogers, and a host of others. This updated edition includes a new preface, a revised bibliography, and an expanded chapter on twentieth-century architecture that brings the story up to the present. 320 b/w illustrations.

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CONTENTS

Preliminary Note = 7

1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman Architecture = 8

2 The Early Gothic Style = 30

3 Decorated, Court Style and Perpendicular = 50

4 Later Tudor and Jacobean Country Houses = 82

5 From Inigo Jones to James Gibbs = 96

6 The Cassical Revival = 124

7 Victorian Architecture = 154

8 The Twentieth Century = 180

Glossary = 207

Bibliograghy = 210

Acknowledgments for Illustrations = 215

Index = 216