Production Details:

Hardback
762pp

Description:

This new, slightly enlarged facsimile of the 1846 edition will be available in two volumes containing, in total, over 1300 pages with more than 2,000 illustrations which include engravings, drawings, and plans of buildings and their elements.

It provides numerous examples of designs and construction methods for a variety of houses, from small cottages to much larger country houses. It also includes designs and instructions for the building of farmhouses, agricultural buildings, and inns, as well as designs for small gardens. In addition, Loudon offers illustrated examples of the fixtures, fittings, and furniture which might be appropriate to furnish such dwellings.

This will prove an invaluable source of reference for everyone interested in traditional countryside architecture and its conservation.

Book I contents:-Designs of cottages for labourers, mechanics, country tradesmen and small farmers; of lodges for gardeners, bailiffs, land stewards and other superintendants on landed estates.