RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by Alan Gailey
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.
in 1984
ISBN: 0859760987
- Categorised in:
- IRELAND
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- HISTORY
- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- ARCHITECTURE
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RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by Alan Gailey.
Stock no. 1828444
1st.
1984.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A study of Irish traditional houses to set the field evidence in the context of historical documentation over a major part of Ireland. Discusses constructional and typological aspects as well as exploration of the social-historical background and semiotic interpretations. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0859760987. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on the history of architecture. Includes letter for permission to review from the Ancient Monuments Society and handwritten two sided review sheet. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Small patch of slight discolouration to front board. A little foxing to text block. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little creased and lightly scuffed.
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Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- 1. Vernacular Housing and the Built Environment
- The Built Environment
- The Nature of Irish Vernacular Building
- Study of Vernacular Housing in Ireland
- 2. Early and Medieval Houses
- 3. Construction and Size
- House Building
- Building costs
- Dimensions
- Bays
- Window and Heath Taxes
- Rooms
- Storeys
- 4. Wall Materials
- Wattle
- Structural Timber
- Turf or Sod
- Stone
- Earth
- Brick
- Rendering and Limewash
- 5. The Roof
- Form
- Roof Timber
- Timbering Systems
- Roof Covering
- 6. Hearth and Chimney
- Free-Standing Hearth, without Chimney
- Free-Standing Hearth, with suspended Chimney Canopy
- Wall Hearth, no chimney with or without smoke hole
- Wattle or Timber Chimney Canopy
- Stone or Brick Chimney Canopy
- Late Developments
- 7. Floors and Piercing
- Doors and Lofts
- Doors and Windows
- 8. Vernacular House Types
- I. The Basis of Classification
- II. Direct Entry Houses
- III. Hearth Lobby Houses
- IV. British Vernacular Houses and Building
- V. The Relationship between Irish and British Vernacular Housing
- 9. The House and Society
- Creats, Cabins and Cottages
- A Machine for Living
- The House as Symbol
- 10. Farmhouse and Farmyard
- 11. Conservation and Restoration
- Glossary
- Notes and Reference
- Index