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Hardback £47.00 $94.00
Publication date 2004
320 pages
ISBN 978 1 873394 71 7
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First published in six parts in the period 1914 to 1921, this volume has now been reprinted to provide a useful sourcebook for architects and other conservation specialists working on traditional buildings. This was one of the first books to include specifications and working drawings of joinery details, drawn on a large scale, which complemented the earlier better known construction ‘pattern books’ of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The book covers a wide range of details, with particular emphasis on joinery, including windows, doors, staircases, panelling, picture and chair rails, and architraves but also covering brick and tile floors, chimney heads, yard gates, and an example of a roof for a small house. These will be of particular relevance to the maintenance of buildings constructed between 1900 and 1939.
This is a hardback, high quality reproduction of the original book with a new Introduction written specifically for this publication.
Part II: Preface to Part II v Bay Window: Plan and Elevation of Bay Window; Sashes and Frames for Bay Window; Section of Bay Window v Gable over Bay: Elevation and Section of Bay Window; Details of Bay Window v Roof over Bay Window: Plan and Elevation of Roof over Bay Window; Section of Roof over Bay Window; Showing Arrangement of Flues; Details of Chimney Heads v Dormer Window: Elevation and Section of Dormer Window; Details of Dormer Window; Dormer Window with Curved Top v Porch to Entrance Doorway: Plan and Elevation of Porch to Entrance Doorway; Plate Details of Porch to Entrance Doorway v Entrance Doorway: Elevation of Entrance Doorway; Details of Entrance Doorway; Bay Window: Plan and Section of Bay Window; Details of Bay Window v Staircase: Plan of Staircase; Details of Staircase.
Part III: Preface to Part III v Mansard Roof Truss with Details of Joints v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Octagonal Tower v Details of Octagonal Tower v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Circular Tower v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Bay Window v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Lantern Light v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Details of Lantern Light v Plan, Elevation, and Section of Window with Stone Dressings v Plan for a Small House v Elevations and Sections of Small House v Plan and Elevation of Bungalow: Attic Plan and Section of Bungalow v Plan and Elevations of Porch to Entrance: Sections and Details of Porch to Entrance; Details of Porch to Entrance v Details of a Straight Sewer Manhole: Details of L-Shaped Sewer Manhole v Specification of Villa Residence: Plans of Villa Residence; Roof Plan and Plan of Joists of Villa Residence; Elevations of Villa Residence; Sections Villa Residence; Block Plan and Details of Front Fence to Villa Residence; Details of Windows of Villa Residence; Details of Bay Window of Villa Residence; Details of Staircase of Villa Residence.
Part IV: Preface to Part IV v Door Frames: Various Sections for Door Jambs; Method of Measurement and Setting out for Door Frame; Back Entrance Door and Frame; Ledged and Braced Door and Materials for Back Entrance Door and Frame; Framed, Ledged Door and Frame; Framed, Ledged and Braced Door and Frame; Framed, Ledged and Braced Door and Frame with Fanlight; Materials for Framed, Ledged Door and Frame v Entrance Door and Frame with Segmental Head: Front Entrance Door and Frame with Segmental Head and Fanlight; Details of Front Entrance Door and Frame; Materials for Entrance Door and Frame with Segmental Head v Entrance Door and Frame with Side-Lights: Entrance Door and Frame with Fanlight and Side-lights; Materials for Entrance Door and Frame with Side-Lights v Entrance Doors and Frame with Elliptical-Shaped Head: Entrance Doors and Frame with Elliptical-shaped Head, Doors hung Folding; Details of Entrance Doors and Frame with Elliptical-shaped Head; Materials for Entrance Doors and Frame with Elliptical-Shaped Head v Entrance Doorway and Side-Lights: Details of Entrance Doorway and Side-lights v Internal Door and Linings: Framed and Panelled Doors; The Joints of a Framed and Panelled Door; Ten Internal Door Linings (Sections); Internal Door and Linings; Materials for Internal Door and Linings v Pair of Swing Doors: A Pair of Swing Doors hung on Patent Brass-eased Steel Summer Hinges; Details of a Pair of Swing Doors; Materials for a Pair of Swing Doors v Pair of Yard Gates: Details of a Pair of Yard Gates; Materials for a Pair of Yard Gates.
Part V: Preface to Part V v Cased Frames and Sashes: Cased Frame and 2" Sashes, Double Hung. Descriptive Drawing of the Various Parts; Deal-eased Sash Frame with 2" Sashes; Details of Deal-eased Sash Frame with 2" Sashes; Details of Sashes and Frame with 2" Sashes; Materials for Cased Frames and Sashes v Cased Frames and Sashes with Circular and Segmental Heads: Plans, Elevations and Sections of Cased Frames and Sashes with Semicircular and Segmental Heads; Details of Sashes with Semicircular Head; Details showing Joints of Sashes with Semicircular Head; Sash Frame with Semicircular Head, Details of Joints, Alternative Methods; Details of Sash Frame with Segmental Head; Materials for Cased Frames and Sashes with Circular Head; Materials for Cased Frames and Sashes with Segmental Head v Cased Frame and Sashes with Fanlight: Cased Frame and 2" Sashes, with 2" Fanlight over; Details of Cased Frame with Fanlight; Details of Cased Frame with Fanlight; Materials for Cased Frame and Sashes with Fanlight v Bay Window: Cased Bay Window Frame with Mullion; Details of Bay Window with Mullion; Materials for Bay Window v Casements and Frame: Casements and Frame, 5" x 4" Frame, 2" Sashes; Materials for Casements and Frame v Angle Casement Window: Angle Casement Window; Details of Angle Casement Window; Materials for Angle Casement Window v Bay Window: Bay Window; Details of Bay Window; Details of Bay Window; Materials for Bay Window v Staircase with Close Strings: Plan of Staircase with Close Strings; Staircase with Close Strings, Elevation at A (lst Flight); Staircase with Close Strings, Elevation at B (2nd Flight); Staircase with Close Strings, Elevation at C (3rd Flight); Details of Staircase with Close Strings; Details of Staircase with Close Strings; Materials for Staircase with Close Strings.
Part VI: Preface to Part VI v Skirtings, Picture Rails, and Chair Rails v Architraves v Casement Frame with Pivot Hung Sashes v Skylight v Lantern Light: Lantern Light with Flat Top; Octagonal Lantern Light v Panelling to Dining Room v Kitchen Dresser: Kitchen Dresser with Glazed Doors v Bookcase and Sideboard v Sideboard with Cupboard Over v Porch to Entrance: Hood over Front Door; Hood over Front Door with Curved Top.
Read the new introduction by Jonathan David, Norman England and John Keenan.
Richard Barnes Eaton was born in 1864 and attended the British School in Poole. He trained as a joiner and in 1901 joined Poole Borough Council as a Clerk of Works. He joined the part-time teaching staff at Poole School of Art and Technology, teaching building construction. His philosophy was to pass on his expertise to his pupils in a way that could be understood by all members of the building team – by using specifications and drawings for each project, rather than descriptive text.
Donhead have established a remarkable reputation for their publication of building construction and repair. In addition to new books, they have produced numerous reprints of carefully chosen classic old ones. These have included Rivington's text books of the 1890s, and recently the three volumes of McKay published between 1938 and 1944. Now we have Richard Eaton's Building Construction Drawing, originally issued by Spon's in six parts from 1914-1921. Cumulatively, these reprints form an excellent reference for traditional construction details from the Victorian period to the point where the modernists 'knew better'.
ASCHB
This book is an essential reference work for all those involved in the repair and maintenance of modest late Victorian and Edwardian domestic buildings, and here I include the builder, carpenter/joiner, architect, building surveyor and not least, the home owner - at a time when people are more and more wishing to retain original features, or to replicate those that have been ripped out in the past, this will be an extremely valuable reference book.
...I think the industry is crying out for people trained by him [Eaton].
Journal of Architectural Conservation
[Eaton] wrote the book to assist students while he was a part-time teacher of building construction at the Poole School of Art and Technology. Present-day 'students' of such construction - those responsible for its care and re-use - will appreciate the detailed information to be found here, which will provide the understanding that is such an essential prerequisite for informed and sympathetic repairs and alterations.
Even for those not engaged in present-day work on the type of construction illustrated and specified in Eaton, pleasure (and learning) can be had from studying the detailed drawings and the comprehensive specification clauses, dating from what was probably the last generation of craft-based building.
Institute of Structural Engineers
This book would be a highly valuable resource to add to the book collection of any building professional charged with the conservation, restoration and management of buildings taken from this period of building in Britain (from late Victorian to pre-war).
Building Engineer
If you want to know how to put a Victorian house together, go to Eaton.
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