Victorian City and Country Houses: Plans and Details (Dover Architecture)

The widespread interest in constructing and restoring Victorian homes makes this a must-have volume for today's builders homeowners architects and preservationists. It offers an abundance of authentic finely detailed plans and designs for a variety of Victorian residences.Included are 100 front and side elevations floor plans and original designs — all to working scale — for a block of five city houses a country house with a French roof a summer house various styles of cottages a tool house and other buildings. The plates also depict a wealth of details: roof and dormer windows balustrades iron fences and gates finials crestings gables brackets paneling mantels front doors an oriel window chimneys and many other elements.Republished directly from a rare 1877 edition the book offers a wonderfully authentic look back to the distinctive building styles of the Victorian period. It will not only delight builders and restorationists but any student or lover of period architecture.

Series: Dover Architecture

Paperback: 112 pages

Publisher: Dover Publications (May 21 1996)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0486290808

ISBN-13: 978-0486290805

Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.3 x 11.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces