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BIBLIOGRAPHY Since James Ferguson briskly judicial survey in his
History of the Modern Styles of Architecture, first pub-
lished in 1862, two general histories of English
architecture from the sixteenth to the eighteenth
centuries have appeared. Sir Reginald Blomfield
History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500--
1800, was published in 1897. Essentially a literary and
critical work, it was dominated by the idea of
experiment . . . mature expression . . . decay', Wren
being the mature man of the English Renaissance,
Adam the decadent. The same feeling for a biological
curve informs Sir Thomas Jackson Renaissance of
Roman Architecture (Vol. 2, England), which came
out in 1921. Neither Blomfield nor Jackson were
much concerned with historical method; to them,
moreover, the Romantic and Neo-classic move-
ments were merely the nameless aftermath of the
Renaissance, the beginnings of an arid epoch of
'archaeology' and 'revivalism'. The present work
owes nothing consciously either to Blomfield or
Jackson; though since I cannot disclaim a sense of
participation in the tradition of architectural writing
in which they stand, there may be an unconscious
debt which I would gladly acknowledge. A more
manifest indebtedness, however, is to the authorities
listed hereunder.
GENERAL WORKS | | Architectural Publication Society, Dictionary of
Architecture (edited by Wyatt Papworth). London,
1848-92. The biographical articles have been of capital
importance to all subsequent writers, including the
contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography.
They have now, however, been largely superseded
by the following work.
| | | COLVIN H. M. Biographical Dictionary of English
Architects, 1660-1840. London, 1953. | | | Country Life, published weekly by Country Life Ltd. Articles on country-houses and other buildings,
mostly by H. Avray Tipping, Christopher Hussey,
or Arthur Oswald. Only a few individual articles
are quoted below, although nearly every house
mentioned in the text of this book his been dealt
with in the series, which extends over some forty
years. An index of the series is provided with every
volume of Country Life. See also Tipping, H. A.,
below.
| | | London County Council and London Survey
Committee, Survey of London, Vols 1-23; in
progress. A topographical and architectural work of the first
importance, especially for the eighteenth and nine-
teenth centuries; but much ground has still to be
covered.
| | | PEVSNER N. The Buildings of England. London,
1951 et seq. A valuable survey, by counties, in guide-book form.
At the time of going to press, nine volumes have
appeared.
| | | Royal Commissions on Historical Monuments
( England, Scotland, and Wales), Reports and
Inventories. These fundamental official catalogues of British
antiquities have been proceeding since 1910 and
the following areas have been covered. England:
Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Herefordshire,
Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, London, Middle-
sex, City of Cambridge, City of Oxford. Scotland:
Berwick, Sutherland, Caithness, Wigtown, Kirk-
cudbright, Dumfries, the Lothians, Outer Hebrides,
Skye, etc. Wales has been entirely covered. In all but
the most recent English volumes (Dorset, Cam-
bridge) and the Welsh series, only monuments
prior to 1714 are described.
| | | TIPPING H. A. English Homes. Periods 1-6 (1 or 2
vols each, 9 vols in all; further vols in preparation). The material in these books is largely derived from
articles in Country Life (see above).
| | | WILLIS R. J., and CLARK J. W. Architectural
History of the University of Cambridge. 3 vols.
Cambridge, 1886. | | | Wren Society (ed. A. T. Bolton). 20 vols. 1924-43. Relevant not only to Wren but to the whole archi-
tectural scene from 1660 to 1715.
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CHAPTER 1 | | CLAPHAM A. W., and GODFREY W. H. Some
Famous Buildings and their Story. London, 1913.
Chap. 1 on the Palace of Nonsuch. | | | HARVEY J. Tudor Architecture. London, 1951. | | | HUSSEY C., on King's College Chapel screen in
Country Life. 22 May 1926. | | | KURZ O. "'An Architectural Design for Henry
VIII'", Burl. Mag., April 1943. | | | LAW E. History of Hampton Court Palace. 3 vols.
London, 1885-91. | | | O'NEIL St. B. H. J. "'Stefan von Haschenperg ...
and his Work'", Archaeologia, XCI, 1945. | | | O'NEIL St. B. H. J. Walmer Castle (M.o.W. Guide).
London, 1949. | -349- | | |
Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication Information: Book Title: Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Contributors: John Summerson - author. Publisher: Penguin Books. Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD. Publication Year: 1954. Page Number: 349.
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