The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London
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Peter Guillery; Drawings by Andrew Donald; New Photographs by Derek Kendall
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Format: ClothPrice: $55.00
London’s modest eighteenth-century houses—those inhabited by artisans and laborers in the unseen parts of Georgian London—can tell us much about the culture of that period. This fascinating book examines largely forgotten small houses that survive from the eighteenth century and sheds new light on both the era’s urban architecture and the lives of a culturally distinctive metropolitan population.
Peter Guillery discusses how and where, by and for whom the houses were built, stressing vernacular continuity and local variability. He investigates the effects of creeping industrialization (both on house building and on the occupants), and considers the nature of speculative suburban growth. Providing rich and evocative illustrations, he compares these houses to urban domestic architecture elsewhere, as in North America, and suggests that the eighteenth-century vernacular metropolis has enduring influence.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and in association with English Heritage
Peter Guillery is a senior investigator for English Heritage.
"A wonderful historical and visual tour of ‘low-style’ housing from the century in which London gained the metropolitan character we are familiar with today."—Benedict O ‘Looney, AA Files
“Guillery’s compelling study . . . is beautifully illustrated and exhaustive.’—Robin Stummer, Cornerstone
“A gripping read for anyone interested in London or 18th century architecture.”—Giles Worsley, Country Life Magazine
“An invaluable and fascinating book.”—London-se1.co.uk
“In his enthralling survey . . . Guillery’s creative historical reading of the evidence has enabled him to create a world that until now has been at best obscured.”—Judith Flanders, Saturday Telegraph
Finalist for the 2006 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Single author, pre-circa 1800 subject category.
Publication Date: June 10, 2004
Publishing Partner: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and in association with English Heritage
220 b/w + 50 color illus.
