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Traditional Farm Buildings and Their Conservation
R W Brunskill
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Description for Traditional Farm Buildings and Their Conservation
Paperback. Combines text with diagrams and photographs to explain and illustrate the farm buildings. This work records the origins and uses of traditional building types, then explores the conflicting demands of conservation and re-use and the dangers of enthusiastic restorers who may unwittingly destroy the character of that which they desire to preserve. Series: Vernacular Buildings S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 144 b&w illustrations & diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DB; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 694.
Traditional designs for British farm buildings—barns, mills, pigsties, cowsheds, dovecotes, and other types—originated in the Middle Ages and developed through the various agricultural revolutions, until the slump of the 1880s brought an end to new building. Since then changes in the rural economy have led to buildings designed principally for professional and commercial activity. But traditional farm buildings still survive in remarkable numbers, and they form essential elements in the British landscapes of villages and countryside, although they are no longer appropriate to modern farming.
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Traditional designs for British farm buildings—barns, mills, pigsties, cowsheds, dovecotes, and other types—originated in the Middle Ages and developed through the various agricultural revolutions, until the slump of the 1880s brought an end to new building. Since then changes in the rural economy have led to buildings designed principally for professional and commercial activity. But traditional farm buildings still survive in remarkable numbers, and they form essential elements in the British landscapes of villages and countryside, although they are no longer appropriate to modern farming.
This informative book combines text with diagrams and specially taken photographs to explain and illustrate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Vernacular Buildings S.
Condition
New
Weight
693g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300123197
SKU
V9780300123197
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About R W Brunskill
R. W. Brunskill, a foremost expert on vernacular architecture, is emeritus professor, De Montfort University, Leicester, and author of Traditional Buildings of Britain, Houses and Cottages of Britain, and other titles published by Yale University Press.
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