SADDLEWORTH BUILDINGS
Written by W. John Smith
Published by Saddleworth Historical Society
in 1987
ISBN: 0904982068
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- MANCHESTER
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- PENNINES
SADDLEWORTH BUILDINGS
Written by W. John Smith.
Stock no. 1823437
1st.
1987.
Softcover.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A guide to the vernacular architecture of the parish of Saddleworth in the Pennines. Large format. White cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0904982068. Spine and rear cover browned. Rear cover creased from lower open edge corner. Old bookseller's price label to rear cover. Contents are clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Chapter 1 The Setting
- Chapter 2 Buildings Before the 17th Century
- Chapter 3 Traditions Established, 1600-1720
- Some examples of early stone Buildings in Saddleworth
- The Process of Making Woollen Cloth in Saddleworth
- Chapter 4 Eighteenth Century Developments
- Chapter 5 The Period of the Industrial Revolution, c.1770-c.1840
- The Loomshop
- The Developed Loomshop
- The Double-Pile Loomhouse
- The Single Unit Plan
- The Architecture of Affluence
- Mills
- Chapter 6 The Spread of Classicism in Saddleworth
- Chapter 7 Some Urban Developments
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Index