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Very Good. Crimson buckram, gilt letters on spine, red-orange & color illus. dust jacket, 614 pp., many BW illus.; weighs 3.5 lbs. Considers the life and work of English architect and builder Francis Smith (1672-1738), "whose architectural and building practice spread over a huge area from north Wales to Surrey, from Dorset to Lincolnshire. Though born n Staffordshire, the son of a master-builder of Wolverhampton, Smith came to prominence with his elder brother through their contribution to the rebuilding of Warwick after the disastrous fire of 1694. Thereafter Smith rapidly established a properous country-house practice centred in the Midlands and gained a wide reputation for reliability and honesty. Many of these houses survive, including such imposing buildings as Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire, Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire and Mawley Hall in Shropshire. Among public buildings the Court House in Warwick is one of the most accomplished designs of its time in England." (back cover) Scarce.
