The English farmhouse de Briggs, Martin S. (Martin Shaw) (1882-1977) - 1953

London: Batsford, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 242 pages illustrations 23 cm. Contents: Farmhouses before c. 1500 -- Medieval granges, tithe-barns, and dovecotes -- Farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the eastern counties -- Farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the southern counties -- Stone farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the Cotswolds -- Stone farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Devon and Cornwall -- Half-timbered farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the West Midlands -- Stone farmhouses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the northern counties -- Farmhouses, useful and ornamental, of the eighteenth century and the Regency, from 1700 to 1837 -- The Victorian farmhouse: 1837-1901. Subjects: Farmhouses England. Farm buildings England. Farm buildings Great Britain History.Tithe barns Great Britain History.