The English House

Dan Cruickshank

This is the story of the superbly elegant early 18th-century Pallant House in Chichester. It's the story of 19 Princelet Street in Spitafields, built for a Huguenot silk-weaver, ultimately a synagogue. It's also the story of - among others - a row of two-up, two-downs in Toxteth, a block of flats in London's East End, and what Ideal Home's magazine described in 1926 as Britain's 'first modern house' - in Northampton. Together these buildings reveal the ways in which English homes have developed and changed over the past few centuries. At the same time, as Dan Cruickshank shows, they have much to tell us about the lives of their first occupants: their aspirations, their struggles, their place within society and relationship with their local community. 'The English House' blends architectural and social history to create a series of brilliantly observed portraits of fascinating buildings.

Author(s): Cruickshank, Dan
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 13/11/2025
Pagination: 512 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
Published By: Hutchinson Heinemann
Book Classification: European history|Architecture: residential buildings, domestic buildings|History of architecture
Dimensions: 241x162x45
Weight: 791
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529152456