Houses of the gentry, 1480-1680
By: Nicholas Cooper.
Contributors: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.; English Heritage.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- England -- History; Gentry -- Homes and haunts -- England -- History; Architecture and society -- England -- History
Description: "From the end of the fifteenth century to the closing years of the seventeenth, England underwent radical social change. English architecture changed radically as well, and the homes of the gentry were transformed as members of this class grew in numbers, wealth and importance. This abundantly illustrated book provides for the first time a full account of the houses that were built and inhabited by the upper classes during this rich and fascinating period.

Architectural historian Nicholas Cooper explores hundreds of gentry houses, some well known and others far less familiar, and considers their evolution in the light of the economic, political and social changes of the age."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Published for the Paul Mellon Centre For the Studies in British Art in association with English Heritage".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and indexes.