The building site in eighteenth-century Ireland
By: Arthur Gibney ; Livia Hurley & Edward McParland, editors
Contributors: Hurley, Livia, editor; McParland, Edward, editor
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781846826382
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Building sites; History; Architecture; Economic conditions; Economic history
Notes: Based on the author's PhD thesis, Studies in eighteenth-century building history, Trinity College Dublin, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organization and management; title: Eighteenth-century building contracts; title: Carpentry; title: Joinery; title: The timber trade; title: Wall construction; title: The introduction of brickwork; title: Stone : its acquisition and use; title: The roofing trades : the work of the slater and the plumber; title: The glazier and the development of eighteenth-century window patterns; title: Plastering and stuccowork; title: Painting.