The Gentleman's House, or How to Plan English Residences: From the Parsonage to the Palace, With Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Robert Kerr

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9780331268270: The Gentleman's House, or How to Plan English Residences: From the Parsonage to the Palace, With Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331268272 ISBN 13: 9780331268270

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The purpose of the present treatise is to set forth a systematic exposition of those details of arrangement which make up the plan of a Gentleman's House, - a convenient and comfortable English Residence of the better sort, on whatever scale.

Other departments of the Architect's practice may offer more to his ambition as an artist or a man of science, but there is none which has higher claims upon him as a useful servant of the public than the design of Domestic Plan. Any endeavour, therefore, to treat this subject thoroughly will be received, no doubt, with every indulgence.

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Architect Robert Kerr (1823-1904) gives a detailed account of the building of 'stately homes' in this work, published in 1864. He explains the history of the 'gentleman's house' and discusses the building options down to the smallest pantry, making this work a comprehensive guide to mid-Victorian aspirational home building.

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