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Evolution of the Modern House--Elizabethan Domestic Arrangements--First Signs of Transition--Gradual Disappearance of Jacobean Features--Predominance of the Classic Style--The Gothic Revival 1

Jacobean Design still Prevalent--Significance of the Banqueting House, Whitehall--The Early Life of Inigo Jones--His Drawings and his Authentic Executed Work--His Pupil and Assistant--Work Attributed to Jones--Characteristics of his Genius 41

The Whitehall Designs and their Authorship--John Webb: his Relation to Jones and Subsequent Career--Contemporary Evidence on the Drawings--Webb's Executed Work 63

Lingering Jacobean Detail--Some Country Houses of the Transitional Period--Curious Blending of the Old and New Styles--Charm of some of the Successful Examples--Remodelling of Domestic Fittings 99

His Life and Early Work--First Design for St Paul's Cathedral--The Work of Building--Other Work, including Greenwich and Hampton Court--Contemporary Esteem--His Influence on the Subsequent Course of Architecture--Domestic Work Attributed to him 141

Sir Balthazar Gerbier's "Counsel to Builders"--"Captain Wynne" and his Work--Hamstead Marshall and Old Buckingham House--London after the Great Fire--City Halls and Churches--Some Smaller Houses Outside London 161

Houses of the Nobility--Grandeur of the Designs and Lay Outs--Boughton House, Dyrham Park, and Chatsworth--Nicholas Hawksmoor and his Work at Easton Neston--Lord Burlington and Sir John Vanbrugh--Castle Howard and Blenheim--Formal and Landscape Gardens 195

The Character of Eighteenth-Century Houses--Campbell, Gibbs, and other Designers--Interior Design and Decoration--Typical Georgian Mansions: Houghton and Wentworth Woodhouse--The Woods of Bath and Contemporary Town-Planning--William Kent and Holkham--The Brothers Adam 237

Charm of the Smaller Georgian House--Streets and Market Places of Country Towns--Inns and Shops--London Houses of the Period--Their Interior Planning--Growth of the Suburbs in the Nineteenth Century--Exterior Features of Smaller Georgian Houses: Chimneys, Gates, Doors, and Porches--Cupolas, Lantern Lights, Date-Stones, and Sundials--Garden Ornaments--Ornamental Iron and Lead Work 287

Evolution of the Staircase--Its Treatment in Wood and Stone--The Classic Over-Door--Decoration of Walls: Wood Panelling and Carving, Moulded Plaster, Wall Paper, and Tapestry--The Chimney-Piece, the Fire-Grate and its Accessories--Modelled and Painted Ceilings--Gradual Decline of the Personal Note in Craftsmanship--Conclusion 351

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