English Houses An Estate Agent's Companion

English Houses An Estate Agent's Companion is essential reading for everyone from the property professional dealing with town and country properties to the layperson who would like to know more about the houses they see as they travel down the streets of England's cities, towns and villages.

Through a wealth of pictures, brief easy to read comments and architectural notes the book helps the reader to identify the different architectural periods and understand the development of the construction of English houses. The features described are common to all buildings of the same period. Although not every style is covered there is a good general selection of English houses from most periods. Also included are examples of houses that have been altered by several generations and incorporate features from different periods. This helps the reader to trace trends and discover the more subtle pleasures of English houses.

By bringing the readers attention to the excellent design of some of England's everyday features, the book leads to an appreciation of things that otherwise may be considered insignificant, ordinary or taken for granted. As William Morris said about old buildings: ""These do not belong to us only, they belonged to our forefathers and will belong to our descendants unless we play them false. They are not in any sense our property to do as we like with them. We are only the trustees for those who come after us


.Good general description of the different periods of buildings
.Considerable information on architectural features
.Contains 162 photographs