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The country houses built between 1835 and 1914 range from architectural masterpieces to the monstrously ugly. Their wealthy patrons, who were as likely to be self-made manufacturers as landed gentry, used their money to build for themselves a perfect setting for a now extinct way of life, based on an army of domestic servants. The Gentlemans Country House and its Plan describes how Victorian and Edwardian country houses were planned and lived in, using a fascinating range of both architectural and literary sources. It makes clear how each house was design to accommodate the various hierarchies within the household, and the rigid social conventions of the time. Though family and guests were helplessly dependent on the servants, they insisted that the servants should live entirely segregated and virtually invisible lives. Children were relegated to the nurseries, smokers to the smoking room, bachelors to the bachelor wing. Architects also had to provide for modern comfort, which included not only plentiful WCs but also central heating and unsmoky chimneys. So plans had to be drawn up with great skill to ensure that everything happened in the right place at the right time. As this boo

Author

Franklin, Jill

Publisher

Routledge [and] Kegan Paul

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780710006226

Subjects

Architecture, Art, Arts

Rating

4.6 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14