Summary
Each residence is richly described, and Aslet is extremely adept at weaving architectural detail with social history, aesthetic trends with personal observation. The English house, as Aslet sees it, is the starting point for a broader social history and for shifts in taste, not only regarding materials (wood, stone, brick, stucco, glass, aluminium, concrete), but also aesthetic fashions.
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Property values Nina Power The English House CliveAslet Bloomsbury, 320pp, £20
Few topics are as likely to get an Englishman (or woman) as hot under the collar as houses. Whether one is buying, remortgaging, redecorating, weeping over the im...See the full content of this document
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