The English Model Farm - Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914 (Paperback)

During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain carried out a great architectural experiment. Inspired by the Enlightenment ideals of beauty, utility and profit, they constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical buildings on their farms.

These model farms, a phenomenon unique to Britain, are a significant yet largely undiscovered aspect of our heritage. In this book Susanna Wade Martins tells their story.
-- richly illustrated with interior and exterior photographs, most of them specially commissioned, as well as plans, paintings and historic photographs
-- examines the architecture and landscape context of the farmsteads themselves, and considers the motives of the people who built them
-- draws on the first comprehensive national survey of model farms, recently completed by English Heritage
-- contains a county-by-county summary of the country's most important model farmsteads, enabling readers to explore them for themselves

General

Imprint:	Windgather Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	July 2002
Authors:	Susanna Wade Martins
Dimensions:	187 x 245 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-0-9538630-5-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-9538630-5-0
Barcode:	9780953863051

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