600 new churches : the Church Building Commission, 1818-1856
2006, First Edition. Spire Books Ltd., Reading. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-torn dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468854
ISBN: 1904965083
Physical description; 386 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Ch. 1. The church building movement, 1810-1818 -- ch. 2. The First Church Building Act -- ch. 3. The Church Building Commission: the first steps -- ch. 4. The crown architects -- ch. 5. The organization and regulation of the Commission -- ch. 6. The relations of the commissioners with the architectural profession and the building trade -- ch. 7. 'Commodity, firmness ... ' -- ch. 8. Rickman, Goodwin & Busby -- ch. 9. Styles and local schools -- ch. 10. Sites and cognate powers -- ch. 11. The half-million grant -- ch. 12. Handling the half-million -- ch. 13. The Commission's last years -- ch. 14. The Church Building Commission: some general conclusions. Subjects; Great Britain Commissioners for Building New Churches. Church of England History 19th century.
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