British Architectural Styles

by Trevor Yorke

Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from 1500 to 1950. In addition, there is a glossary of architectural terms and a historical time chart. The book will prove an invaluable companion whether visiting grand houses open to the public or simply strolling around the streets of villages, towns and cities.

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction, Travel

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 2008

Reviews

[Tamara York · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and well organized book. I don’t often read through guide books like this, but I read this one cover-to-cover. The illustrations and diagrams are great. This is a handy little book. Now I will know what I’m looking at when someone describes the architecture on my next trip to Britain.

[Raul · Rating 5 out of 5]

America has its own renowned architects (Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry H. Richardson), as well as indigenous house styles (the Ranch House) and methods of construction (balloon wood frame construction) Even so, much of its urban and suburban residential architecture draws heavily on Styles inspired by British Architecture (e.g Georgian, Victorian, even what we here call "old English" cottage architecture. Other European styles (Gothic, Palladian) come to us via Britain as well. For those who wonder what those styles really are, and how they've fit chronologically together with those less commonly seen this side of the Atlantic (Tudor, Elizabethan...), Trevor Yorke's wonderfully concise survey of "British Architectural Styles" is ideal. Those who want to learn more can then turn to the more specialized volumes of this great series, The Trevor York Collection put out by Countryside Books - all quite inexpensive and extremely instructive.

[Chris Shepheard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good guide to changing building, particularly house, styles over the centuries.

Very clear illustrations but sadly used rather small which makes the labelling difficult to read.

[James Fidge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant and simple overview/reference guide to British Architectural styles !

[Roger Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent description of the various architectural styles which make it easy to compare one style with another.

[Rhys Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb book! A fanstastic introduction to British house styles. Everything is simply explained and there are lots of line drawings with parts of a house clearly labelled. It brings towns and cities to life as you can look at a building, recognise the style and tell what time it was built. And it's only about 60 pages long!