Georgian and Regency Houses Explained (England's Living History)

Includes written descriptions plus lots of pictures. Smaller book but lots of information.

The organization of the information was a little different from what I'd expected, and it could easily have been a MUCH longer, more thorough work. For one thing, the description of the "service rooms" was only 6 pages. I suppose you'd have to dig into the references in the bibliography for something more in-depth. That there *is* a bibliography, if only one page, is certainly a point in this book's favor.That said, I enjoyed the description of how the styles developed and evolved, and enjoyed the illustrations of several characteristic architectural details. I also appreciated the section on "Dating Houses" - 2 pages of text, including some recommended sources, with another 2 pages of illustrations of typical architectural features arrayed along a timeline. If you enjoy playing "When was this built/added?" you'll appreciate those pages.

This is a wonderful book! We have purchased a Georgian house that needs to be restored. This book has given me so much information about what is appropriate, why the houses are designed as they are, the historical context in which the designs evolved, and so much more. I appreciate it as a guide to design, but as a history buff, I appreciate it purely as a history book. Very easy to read with good definition of terms and diagrams that make the text truly make sense (a picture is worth a thousand words!)

This is a tiny book, an easy read, and includes pictures and descriptions. It's great for those studying the period who want to know how the richer folks lived during the period. It doesn't cover Regency hovels, which might be something to add in a new edition. I really liked the floor plans differentiating stand alone houses and terrace houses. I'd love to see this in more detail. It would also be nice to include a section just on London Squares, with more info on the central parks within the squares. Great starter book for history or architecture buffs.

arrived a bit later than expected, but looking forward to reading it.

I grabbed this book as a research tool, fully expecting it to be dry reading. Happy surprise! This is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the intimate daily lives of centuries-old England. I'd go so far as to see it's a must-read for anyone researching the period and wanting to gain crucial facts for writing about it. The author covers architectural styles, building materials, interior decorating, and room-by-room discussions of urban and country homes.

building and construction practices, floor plans, trimming and facade, furnishing a room. its all here. but in the brief. Nothing too deep. still an excellent resource book for setting a stage or dressing a scene.

Good little book. Lots of pictures and descriptions. This was exactly what I was looking for when writing Regency romances. Loved all the various pictures so I can pick and choose what I need.

Research pays dividends, especially should you wish to avoid the spectre of buyer's remorse. This could have been a really good book, the raw materials are there to be studied and recorded, all that is needed is the proper medium to display the results at an acceptable price, that, unfortunately, is where this book fails.I would happily have paid more for a book dealing with this subject if the presentation were better. The format needs to be improved, the book is at least 60% too small, thus, many of the photographs are the size of postage stamps. Presenting these in monochrome also loses the nuances of buildings and their materials, the images need to be polychromatic to do any aspects of this subject justice. The small image size also suffers when, as the author has done here, arrows are used to indicate certain features, pp6 is a perfect example of this where the plethora of arrows obscures the image, there are so many arrows it was like a scene from Henry V.To do full justice to this subject, as the publisher AURUM does so well, the book needs to be presented in coffee table format with about 400 pages, sadly this would significantly increase the cost of production and cover price but, what a book it would be.Currently, this volume is inadequate but I sense that the present, or indeed any publisher, would be reluctant to chance their arm by properly presenting this subject. Thus, we are stuck with a book that would not have been satisfactory at 1950s primary school level.

Lots of detail as I have come to expect from this range of books. Reasonable price and packed with info.

Please be warned, this is a very small book. It was not what I expected at all. Not convinced it is worth the money. It was my own fault for not checking the size of the book and assuming it was a normal size rather than the booklet size that it is. It has numerous photographs - all b&w but the size of the format means they are all very small. Very disappointed.

Like Ratty cardboard. Even My lynx deodorant couldn’t take the smell away. I’ve never had a book that stinks, until now

I really love these little books as a reference guide for someone trying to learn more about different features and how to date them to a specific period. The Georgian period has always been my favourite design period so love reading through this. Plenty of pictures with a nice ratio to the text.