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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818280703321

Autore

Shenton Caroline

Titolo

Mr Barry's war : rebuilding the houses of parliament after the great fire of 1834 / / Caroline Shenton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-101697-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

328.4209

Soggetti

Public buildings - Great Britain - Design and construction - History - 19th century

Fires - England - London - History - 19th century

Fires

Public buildings - Design and construction

History

England London

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Mr Barry'sWar: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament After the Great Fire of 1834 ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Note to the reader; Plan of the Principal Floor of the Palace of Westminster ; Colour Plates ; Prologue; I: Fire: 1834-1837 ; 1: A New Tooth: October 1834 to June 1835 ; 2: A Clump of Thistles: June 1835 to January 1836 ; 3: A Beautiful and Appropriate Design: February 1836 to July 1837 ; II: WATER: 1837-1843 ; 4: A Clear Understanding: July 1837 to December 1838 ; 5: A Bondage Worse than the Egyptians: 1839 to 1841

6: A Very Heavy Expence: November 1841 to December 1843  III: AIR: 1844-1852 ; 7: A Regular Fix: 1844 ; 8: A Very Difficult Work: 1845 to 1846 ; 9: A Metropolitan Asylum: 1847 to 1850 ; IV: Earth: 1852-1860 ; 10: A Monstrous Failure: 1849 to 1851 ; 11: A More Cunning and Intriguing Man: 1852 to 1856 ; 12: The Great Work: 1856 to 1860 ; Epilogue; Notes; Prologue; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4;



Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Abbreviations; Manuscript Sources; Newspapers; Printed Works

List of Illustrations List of Colour Plates ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built