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OverviewHow the Anglican church responded to population growth and the need for more accommodation, with the building of 1500 new churches, many of the finest quality. This book is the first comprehensive study of late-Georgian church-building. After centuries of post-Reformation inactivity, the Church of England began to address the desperate shortage of accommodation and build on a huge scale. Almost all the leading architects were involved and, amongst approximately 1500 new churches there are some outstanding designs; buildings of the very highest order architecturally. In this pioneering study, the churches are considered free from the Ecclesiological zeal that condemned them and has, for so long, prevented their serious study. It will celebrate the best of them and provide valuable insights into the design and planning of the whole corpus. There will be many revelations. Included is a thorough examination of the stylistic alternatives and contemporary liturgical imperatives, along with their architectural implications. And the book explores a lost world of late-Georgian churchgoing: what people expected and experienced in a church service. Also considered are some of the period's remarkable material and constructional innovations, ones often exploited in church-building, along with the provision of architectural services in the era that preceded full professionalisation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Christopher WebsterPublisher: John Hudson Publishing Imprint: John Hudson Publishing Weight: 0.002kg ISBN: 9781739822903ISBN 10: 1739822900 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 26 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1) Introduction 2) The Church in Danger 3) Ecclesiastical Architecture and the Question of Style 4) Church Designers and their World 5) Constructional and Decorative Innovation in Church-building 6) Designing for Worship: the practical issues 7) Planning Liturgical Spaces 8) Late-Georgian Worship 9) Seating the Congregation 10) Late Eighteenth Century Church-building: the final triumph of Classicism 11) Church-building 1800-1820 12) The Gothic Revival in West Yorkshire and Liverpool 1800-1820 13) Design Debates and Solutions, c1820: the Commissioners, the ICBS and publications 14) Church-building in the 1820s 15) Church-building in London c1790-1830: from Classical to Gothic 16) Church-building in South-East Lancashire c1790-1830: the role of the clergy 17) Church-building in the 1830s 18) A Brave New World? 19) Conclusions 20) Select bibliography 21) Select gazetteer 22) IndexReviewsAnyone with an interest in church architecture will find much that is unfamiliar and fascinating here, presented in readable prose and shown in excellent illustrations. -- Art Newspaper This is a rich, readable book, from which all who are interested in both church and chapel architecture will profit. It is to be recommended highly. -- Ted Royle * The Chapels Society * Anyone with an interest in church architecture will find much that is unfamiliar and fascinating here, presented in readable prose and shown in excellent illustrations. -- Peter Howell * Art Newspaper * Let me state at the outset that this is a fine piece of book-making in every way. Beautifully and comprehensively illustrated, well designed and printed on good paper, with a text that is both scholarly and readable, it is also a much-needed volume, dealing with a neglected and under-valued period in the history of English church-building. -- James Stevens Curl * New English Review * Author InformationChristopher Webster is an architectural historian who has published extensively on late-Georgian and early-Victorian subjects. Following a career in Higher Education, he is now a Research Associate at the University of York Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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