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Providing essential knowledge about the British capital's built
environment, these two volumes cover a large portion of the parish
of St. Marylebone, bounded to the south by Oxford Street and to the
north by the Marylebone Road, and stretching from just west of
Marylebone High Street to the parish boundary along Cleveland
Street near Tottenham Court Road to the east. This area is rich in
historic buildings and includes some of London's most celebrated
addresses, including Portland Place, Cavendish Square, and Harley
Street. Among the most important buildings covered in this superbly
illustrated book are Robert and James Adam's development of
Portland Place, where the Royal Institute of British Architects'
headquarters is a notable 20th-century insertion. Other landmarks
include Marylebone Parish Church, All Saints Margaret Street and
All Souls Langham Place, and the vast, recently demolished
Middlesex Hospital. In addition to new photography, this volume
includes meticulous architectural drawings and detailed coverage of
the topography. Published in association with the Paul Mellon
Centre and University College London
The south London parish of Battersea has roots as a working
village, growing produce for London markets, and as a high-class
suburb, with merchants' villas on the elevated ground around
Clapham and Wadsworth Commons. Battersea enjoyed spectacular growth
during Queen Victoria's reign, and railroads brought industry and a
robust building boom, transforming the parish into another of
London's dense, smoky neighborhoods, though not without its unique
and distinguishing features. Among these are Battersea Park, which
was created by the Crown in the 1850s; the monumental Battersea
Power Station, completed in 1939; and Clapham Junction railway
station, which is, by measure of passenger interchanges, the
busiest station in the United Kingdom. The two latest volumes of
the Survey of London, 49 and 50, trace Battersea's development from
medieval times to the present day. Offering detailed analysis of
its streets and buildings both thematically and topographically,
and including copious original in-depth research and investigation,
the books are a trove of architectural history and British history.
Profusely illustrated with new and archival images, architectural
drawings and maps, these volumes are welcome additions to the
acclaimed Survey of London series. Published for English Heritage
by Yale University Press on behalf of the Paul Mellon Centre for
Studies in British Art
Robert Adam is perhaps the best known of all British architects,
the only one whose name denotes both a style and an era. The new
decorative language he introduced at Kedleston and Syon around 1760
put him at the forefront of dynamic changes taking place in
18th-century British architecture. His later claim that his
practice with his brother James had effected 'a kind of revolution'
in design was no idle boast. Their style dominated the later
Georgian period and their influence was widespread, not only in
Western Europe but in Russia and North America. But for such a
well-known figure, much of Robert Adam's art still remains poorly
understood. This new study, based on papers given at a Georgian
Group symposium in 2015, looks afresh at many aspects of the Adam
brothers' oeuvre, such as interior planning, their use of colour,
the influence of classical sources, their involvement in the art
market, town planning and building speculation, and Robert Adam's
late picturesque drawings and castle designs - all within the
context of the Adam family background and their personal and
working relationships. The Scottish architecture of Robert and
James's older brother, John, is also assessed. There are essays by
established Adam experts as well as contributions from a younger
generation of historians and postdoctoral scholars, one of the
book's aims being to stimulate further research on the Adams'
contribution to British architecture, art and design.
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