Essays for R.W. Brunskill

which provides a biography of Dr Brunskill's life and achievements

examines a few individual houses to see whether contextual information can provide insights into the choices made by the client and the builder in respect to the style of the house, its size or decoration. Considers: the clay dabbins of Solway Plain, Cumbria; the cruck buildings of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire; Glebe Farm and Palmer's Farm, Wilmcote, Warwickshire; Hall Court, Much Marcle, Herefordshire; Eastcote House, Barston, Warwickshire; Grove Farm, Warmington, Warwickshire; and Hines House, Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire.

which explores some of the themes developed by Ron Brunskill, such as the idea of `vernacular threshold', in the regional context of Merioneth, Wales

which examines the character of the group of buildings selected by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1901--1983) to be placed on the Statutory List. The list consisted almost entirely of `modern movement' buildings, chosen on a predominantly stylistic basis. Suggests that despite its limitations, the list was of considerable importance as the first move toward evaluating which buildings of the recent past deserve protection and as a catalyst for the further study of the period between the wars