This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17th and early 18th centuries.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Melody Mobus is an independent architectural historian who practised as a Chartered Surveyor in Oxford before obtaining her doctorate. She is the author of 'The Burford School of Masons' published in Oxoniensia, and delivered a paper on surviving late payments at the first conference of the Construction History Society, at Queens College, Cambridge.
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List of Illustrations. Introduction. 1.Beginnings in the Burford area. 2.Burford quarries and stone. 3.Delivering the stone. 4.Regional masons 1631 66. 5.London 1667 72. 6.City church rebuilding 1672 1700. 7.Changing the London skyline 1700 25. 8.St Paul's Cathedral: I. 9.St Paul's Cathedral: II. 10.The Queen Anne churches. 11.Other London work. 12.The City mason. 13.Royal work 1683 1729. 14.Blenheim Palace 1705 12. 15.Co financing the rebuilding. 16.The Strongs' work in the provinces post 1666. 17.The Kempsters' work in the provinces post 1666. 18.The country mason. 19.Reaping the rewards. 20.Envoi: making sense of it all. Select bibliography. Index.
List of Illustrations. Introduction. 1.Beginnings in the Burford area. 2.Burford quarries and stone. 3.Delivering the stone. 4.Regional masons 1631 66. 5.London 1667 72. 6.City church rebuilding 1672 1700. 7.Changing the London skyline 1700 25. 8.St Paul's Cathedral: I. 9.St Paul's Cathedral: II. 10.The Queen Anne churches. 11.Other London work. 12.The City mason. 13.Royal work 1683 1729. 14.Blenheim Palace 1705 12. 15.Co financing the rebuilding. 16.The Strongs' work in the provinces post 1666. 17.The Kempsters' work in the provinces post 1666. 18.The country mason. 19.Reaping the rewards. 20.Envoi: making sense of it all. Select bibliography. Index.
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