CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION—THE NORMAN KEEP 1
II. THE KEEP DESCRIBED 7
III. THE FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY—THE DOMINANCE OF THE HALL 24
IV. THE COURSE OF MEDIÆVAL BUILDING IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 44
V. THE LATER MANOR HOUSE OF THE MIDDLE AGES 67
VI. MEDIÆVAL DOMESTIC FEATURES—DOORWAYS, WINDOWS, FIREPLACES, CHIMNEYS, ROOFS AND CEILINGS, STAIRCASES 87
VII. EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY—COMING OF THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE 126
VIII. LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—SYMMETRY IN PLANNING 141
IX. ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN HOUSES—EXTERIORS 157
X. ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN HOUSES—INTERIORS 186
XI. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY—PERSONAL DESIGN—TRANSITIONAL TREATMENT 205
XII. CLASSIC DETAIL ESTABLISHED—INFLUENCE OF THE AMATEURS 221
XIII. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EXTERIORS—THE PALLADIAN STYLE 233
XIV. LATE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES—INTERIORS—DETAILS AND FEATURES 259
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BUILDINGS 303
GLOSSARY 309
BRIEF LIST OF BOOKS 313
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 315
INDEX 325

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