CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.—INTRODUCTORY[1]
II.—THE INVASION OF THE FOREIGN STYLE[10]
III.—THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOUSE PLAN from about 1450 to 1635[41]
IV.—EXTERIOR FEATURES—The Lay-out of Houses, Lodges and Gateways, Doorways and Porches[73]
V.—EXTERIOR FEATURES—General Aspect, External Appearance, Windows of various kinds[94]
VI.—EXTERIOR FEATURES—Gables, Finials, Parapets, Chimneys, Rain-water Heads, Gardens[116]
VII.—INTERIOR FEATURES—Royal Progresses, The Manner of Decorating Rooms, Wood-Panelling[138]
VIII.—INTERIOR FEATURES—Treatment of the Hall, Open Roofs, The Smaller Rooms, Doors and Door Furniture, Chimney-pieces, Ceilings, Pendants, Friezes[159]
IX.—INTERIOR FEATURES—Staircases, The Great Chamber, The Long Gallery, Glazing, &c.[184]
X.—MISCELLANEOUS WORK—Street Houses, Market Houses, Almshouses, Town Halls, Village Crosses, Schools, Churches and their Fittings, &c.[200]
XI.—SIXTEENTH CENTURY HOUSE-PLANNING—Illustrated from the Collection of John Thorpe's Drawings[226]
XII.—ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY[253]
List of Works on Early Renaissance Architecture[267]
Index[271]