book list
* The title page of my copy originally had Crosby Lockwood & Son as the publisher, but this name has been pasted over with a slip which says The Technical Press Ltd. The hardback cover also has Technical Press on it. My copy is described as "Popular Edition" on the title page. I was lucky to get this book for £18.35 including postage. Copies I have seen lately go for well over £100.
There are 6 chapters (37 pages) of information of interest to architects under the following headings:
Following this are 102 pages (on glossy paper) containing 140 black and white plates. Most of these plates are very fine photographs of buildings. Some are plans. They comprise:
| Dover | 6 plates |
| Folkestone | 6 plates |
| Shepherd's Bush | 6 plates |
| Ruislip - Northwood | 9 plates |
| Welwyn Garden City | 25 plates |
| Wembley | 3 plates |
| Dormanstown | 10 plates |
| Kennington | 5 plates |
| Winchester | 6 plates |
| Earswick (York) | 6 plates |
| Banbury | 7 plates |
| Swanpool (Lincoln) | 13 plates |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 plates |
| North Wales | 2 plates |
| Sutton Bridge | 2 plates |
| Rawcliffe (West Riding) | 1 plate |
| Holland | 8 plates |
| Sweden | 7 plates |
| Denmark | 7 plates |
| Detail Drawings | 8 plates |
Following the plates there is an Appendix on ordinary paper (56 pages) entitled:
A group of Fourteen Cottages at Welwyn Garden City.
The fourteen cottages were to be erected in a close on the North-East side of High Oaks Road. The design was by Hennell and James, Architects of Russell Square, London. I think the close is Brockett Close which is opposite Mannicotts.
Within this appendix are 6 plans (on fine paper) some large size pull-out sheets, followed by Specification of Works (19 pages) and Bill of Quantities (31 pages).
Finally, after the appendix are 24 pages (on glossy paper) of architect-related advertisements.
The houses chosen for the 25 Welwyn Garden City plates are quite ordinary ones
- mostly semis. The scans below are of:
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