Later renaissance architecture in England : a series of examples of the domestic buildings erected subsequent to the Elizabethan period : with introductory and descriptive text

Editor

Belcher, John, 1841-1913

Date

• 1901

Publisher

London: B.T. Batsford

Summary

• This large-format, two-volume publication provides a visual tour of British architecture from 1640-1800. It presents classical style buildings in photographic illustrations as well as measured drawings, elevations, and plans embedded in the descriptive text. Author/editor John Belcher was a practicing architect, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1904), and member of the Royal Academy (1909). He was also a founding member of the Art Workers’ Guild (1884) promoting the ideal of uniting architecture with the decorative arts. His co-editor was architect and writer Sir Mervyn E. Macartney, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects.