Traditional Buildings of the English Countryside: An Illustrated Guide

Geoffrey R. Sharpe is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and a member of the its Building Conservation Forum. A Past Chairman of the Building Conservation Trust he is also a member of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches. He is the author of Historic English Churches: A Guide to their Construction, Design and Features (I.B.Tauris).

Introduction Part 1 The landscape and how it developed Part 2 The origins of place names Part 3 Farm buildings and farming Part 4 Industry in the countryside Part 5 Schools in the countryside Part 6 Churches, abbeys and priories Part 7 Castles and their fortifications Part 8 The way people lived Part 9 Houses in the English countryside Part 10 Building materials Part 11 Vernacular styles Appendix A Museums relating to historic buildings and the way people lived in the past Appendix B Lime kilns to visit Appendix C Abbeys and priories to visit Appendix D Mining Museum Appendix E Castles to visit Appendix F Hillforts Appendix G PargettingAppendix H Grerat Houses to visit Appendix I Mills to visit Appendix J Pottery kilns Appendix K Blast frunaces Appendix L Gunpowder Museums Appendix M Museums that feature historic brickwork