English Counties and Public Building, 1650-1830
Details:
- Author(s) Chalklin, Christopher W
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages
Topics:
- Name Government procurement
- Name Professions, professionalism & professionalisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Deals with public building works carried out by County Quarter Sessions, which included bridges, prisons, lunatic asylums, courthouses, judges accommodation, etc, constituting a very large proportion of the building works carried out by government. Moreover, the surviving archives relating to this activity are relatively numerous and detailed. Explores these to comment on the structures built but also on the processes involved and notably on the changing roles of architects, builders, surveyors and engineers. Chapters include: 1] 'Public buildings in England before 1830'; 2] 'County government'; 3] 'County finance'; 4] 'Surveyors, engineers, architects and builders'; 5] 'Bridges, 1650-1760 and 1760-1830', constituting two chapters; 'Courthouses and judges' lodgings, 1650-1830'; 6] 'Gaols and bridewells, 1650-1765, 1765-1800 and 1800-30', constituting three chapters; etc.