George Devey: Architect 1820-1886 By Jill Allibone A comprehensive survey of the life and work of the Victorian architect who pioneered the vernacular revival. The book includes a complete catalogue and illustrations, including photographs and plans. ISBN-13: 9780718827854 Specifications: 256x176mm, 224pp, Hardback with b&w illustrations Price: £40.00 • US$82.50 Publication: March 1991 Order this Title Now

About this Book

Little has hitherto been written about George Devey, yet his contribution to the vernacular revival which took place in the 1860s was important and innovative. He was the first architect to apply the Wealden style to cottages and small estate buildings, and to use the Flemish manner found in east Kent and East Anglia in combination with the Jacobean for his mansions, whether in town or country, anticipating architects such as Richard Norman Shaw and William Eden Nesfield by at least ten years. His interest in the use of local materials directly contributed to the emergence of the Arts and Crafts Movement and thereby to the model for British middle-class housing up to the Second World War.

About the Author

Jill Allibone received her PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. She is a member of the Committee of the Kent Building Preservation Trust, and a member of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.

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