Some famous buildings and their story : being the results of recent research in London and elsewhere. / By Alfred W. Clapham and Walter H. Godfrey
1913, First Edition. Westminister [England] : Technical Journals. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #429321
Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; xi, 275, vii pages ; plates. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The royal palace of Nonsuch, Surrey -- The Fortune Theatre, London (1600) -- The Tower of London and its development -- The royal palace of Eltham -- The origin of the domestic hall -- St Thomas More's house at Chelsea -- Cockersand Abbey and its chapter house -- The rebuilding of Crosby Hall at Chelsea -- The palaces of Hertford and Havering -- The new exchange in The Strand -- St John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell -- Northumberland House, Strand -- The Abbey of Barking, Essex -- Abbot's hospital, Guildford, and its predecessors -- The friars as builders -- Blackfriars and Whitefriars, London -- Queenborough Castle and its builder, William of Wykeham. Subjects; Barking Abbey. Crosby Hall (London, England). Fortune Theatre (London, England). Tower of London (London, England). Strand magazine (London, England) History. Architecture England. Architecture England London.
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