The entrance-portico in the architecture of Great Britain, 1630-1850

This thesis attempts to account for the appearance, persistence, and eventual decline of an architectural motif, derived from ancient pagan temples, widely used as the principal feature on an increasing variety of building types in Britain, during the period 1630 to 1850. The thesis seeks to do this...

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Main Author: Riddell, Richard John
Published: University of Oxford 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309017