CONTENTS

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I.— INTRODUCTORY 1
II.— THE INVASION OF THE FOREIGN STYLE 10
III.— THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOUSE PLAN from about 1450 to 1635 41
IV.— EXTERIOR FEATURES—The Lay-out of Houses, Lodges and Gateways, Doorways and Porches 73
V.— EXTERIOR FEATURES—General Aspect, External Appearance, Windows of various kinds 94
VI.— EXTERIOR FEATURES—Gables, Finials, Parapets, Chimneys, Rain-water Heads, Gardens 116
VII.— INTERIOR FEATURES—Royal Progresses, The Manner of Decorating Rooms, Wood-Panelling 138
VIII.— INTERIOR FEATURES—Treatment of the Hall, Open Roofs, The Smaller Rooms, Doors and Door Furniture, Chimney-pieces, Ceilings, Pendants, Friezes 159
IX.— INTERIOR FEATURES—Staircases, The Great Chamber, The Long Gallery, Glazing, &c. 184
X.— MISCELLANEOUS WORK—Street Houses, Market Houses, Almshouses, Town Halls, Village Crosses, Schools, Churches and their Fittings, &c. 200
XI.— SIXTEENTH CENTURY HOUSE-PLANNING—Illustrated from the Collection of John Thorpe's Drawings 226
XII.— ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 253
List of Works on Early Renaissance Architecture 267
Index 271

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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