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Some famous buildings and their story

Some famous buildings and their story

by Sir Alfred William Clapham

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Author
Godfrey, Walter H., 1881-1961
Title
Some famous buildings and their story : being the results of recent research in London and elsewhere
Original Publication
London: Technical Journals Ltd, 1913.
Credits
deaurider, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
Subject
Architecture -- England
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77412
Release Date
December 6, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.SOME FAMOUS BUILDINGS AND THEIR STORY
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.I. THE ROYAL PALACE OF NONSUCH, SURREY.
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.II. THE FORTUNE THEATRE, LONDON.
  10. 10.Untitled
  11. 11.III. THE TOWER OF LONDON AND ITS DEVELOPMENT.
  12. 12.Untitled
  13. 13.IV. THE ROYAL PALACE OF ELTHAM.
  14. 14.Untitled
  15. 15.V. THE ORIGIN OF THE DOMESTIC HALL.
  16. 16.Untitled
  17. 17.VI. SIR THOMAS MORE’S HOUSE AT CHELSEA. — In the Hatfield Papers (1595–6). — In the Thorpe Collection , Soane Museum. (Early 17th century). — In the Smithson Collection (Colonel Coke).
  18. 18.Untitled
  19. 19.VII. COCKERSAND ABBEY AND ITS CHAPTER-HOUSE.
  20. 20.Untitled
  21. 21.VIII. THE REBUILDING OF CROSBY HALL AT CHELSEA.
  22. 22.Untitled
  23. 23.IX. THE PALACES OF HERTFORD AND HAVERING.
  24. 24.Untitled
  25. 25.X. THE NEW EXCHANGE IN THE STRAND.
  26. 26.Untitled
  27. 27.XI. ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, CLERKENWELL.
  28. 28.Untitled
  29. 29.XII. NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE, STRAND.
  30. 30.Untitled
  31. 31.XIII. THE ABBEY OF BARKING, ESSEX.
  32. 32.Untitled
  33. 33.XIV. ABBOT’S HOSPITAL, GUILDFORD, AND ITS PREDECESSORS.
  34. 34.Untitled
  35. 35.XV. THE FRIARS AS BUILDERS. — THE LONDON HOUSES OF BLACKFRIARS AND WHITEFRIARS. — BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. — WHITEFRIARS, LONDON.
  36. 36.Untitled
  37. 37.XVI. QUEENBOROUGH CASTLE AND ITS BUILDER, WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM.
  38. 38.INDEX.

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