The English Model Farm: Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914
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Book Description
During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain carried out a great architectural experiment. Inspired by the Enlightenment ideals of beauty, utility and profit, they constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical buildings on their farms.
These model farms, a phenomenon unique to Britain, are a significant yet largely undiscovered aspect of our heritage. In this book Susanna Wade Martins tells their story.
The book:
- is richly illustrated with interior and exterior photographs, most of them specially commissioned, as well as plans, paintings and historic photographs
- examines the architecture and landscape context of the farmsteads themselves, and considers the motives of the people who built them
- draws on the first comprehensive national survey of model farms, recently completed by English Heritage
- contains a county-by-county summary of the country's most important model farmsteads, enabling readers to explore them for themselves.
The English Model Farm provides the history enthusiast with a guide to the rich built heritage of the 'Age of Improvement'.
About the Author
Susanna Wade Martins is a research fellow at the Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia and a past chairman of the Historic Farm Buildings Group. She has published widely on agricultural and estate history with a special emphasis on farm buildings and the landscape.
The English Model Farm: Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914,Susanna Wade Martins,Windgather Press,0953863050,Architecture,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History - General,History: World,International Architecture - British,Agriculture & Farming,England,Residential buildings, domestic buildings,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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