- Publisher: Batsford
- Year: 2021
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 256pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 185x187mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.8kg
- ISBN: 9781849946131
- Product code: 534331
Industrial Britain
An Architectural History
Hubert Pragnell New Hardback Illustrated
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Hubert Pragnell’s account of Britain’s industrial architecture offers an overview of the country’s built heritage and the legacy of its industrial past. Extensively illustrated with line drawings, it discusses buildings such as mills, power stations, docks and factories – some dating from the medieval period, others which are now listed – and sheds light on the scale of change brought about by the creation of canals and railways.
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A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings.
Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods - docks, canals, railways and warehouses.
The gasworks
Temples of mass production
The mill
Warehouse and manufactory
Dock and harbour buildings
Water power and water storage
Waterways: canals and rivers
The railway age
Breweries and oast houses
Markets and exchanges
The twentieth century: industry on greenfield sites
It's a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country's great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham.
Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.
Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods - docks, canals, railways and warehouses.
The gasworks
Temples of mass production
The mill
Warehouse and manufactory
Dock and harbour buildings
Water power and water storage
Waterways: canals and rivers
The railway age
Breweries and oast houses
Markets and exchanges
The twentieth century: industry on greenfield sites
It's a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country's great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham.
Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.
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Hubert Pragnell’s account of Britain’s industrial architecture offers an overview of the country’s built heritage and the legacy of its industrial past. Extensively illustrated with line drawings, it discusses buildings such as mills, power stations, docks and factories – some dating from the medieval period, others which are now listed – and sheds light on the scale of change brought about by the creation of canals and railways.
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