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This is a comprehensive survey of the social, historical and architectural importance of the English parsonage and its future. Traditional English rectories and vicarages, sold out of service by the Church, have become uniquely desirable to property buyers and are now cherished by their new private owners. They combine many coveted qualities: their fine architecture, their air of civilization, their charm and character, the traditional values and quality of essential 'Englishness' which they evoke; their large gardens and often splendidly rural locations. Despite their historical, social and architectural importance, there is no comprehensive book about them currently in print. This book examines the place of rectories and vicarages in the history of the Church and of this country, and traces their evolution through the centuries. It looks at their many and varied styles of architecture, profiling some individual houses and highlighting some of the most architecturally outstanding and interesting ones. It is handsomely illustrated with quality color and black-and-white photographs. Although rectories and vicarages have had their ups and downs throughout history, the period from the early twentieth century to the present day has posed perhaps the greatest challenge: why, if they are so desirable, has the Church been selling off its finest houses? "The Old Rectory" examines the contribution to our culture made by the clerical families who occupied these houses, and looks at some of the famous people (and eccentrics) who have been associated with them.
| ISBN | 0826426581 | | Pages | 336 | | ISBN13 | 9780826426581
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. | | Weight (grammes) | 771 | | Imprint | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 244 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2009 | | Width (mm) | 169 | | DEWEY | 726.90942 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | List of illustrations in text | | | | | | List of colour and black and white plates | | | | Pt. I | | Prologue | | | | Ch. 1 | | The appeal of the old rectory | | | | Ch. 2 | | The great twentieth century sell-off | | | | Pt. II | | History | | | | Ch. 3 | | The parsonage in the parish - the historical background | | | | Ch. 4 | | The parsonage and the Church institutions | | | | Pt. III | | The architecture | | | | Ch. 5 | | What counts as a parsonage | | | | Ch. 6 | | More about parsonages | | | | Ch. 7 | | Parsonages through the ages | | | | Ch. 8 | | The finest parsonages | | | | Ch. 9 | | The architects | | | | Ch. 10 | | The curiosities | | | | Pt. IV | | The present | | | | Ch. 11 | | Church law and the parsonage | | | | Ch. 12 | | Why the great sell-off | | | | Pt. V | | The legacy | | | | Ch. 13 | | The house | | | | Ch. 14 | | The people | | | | Pt. VI | | The future | | | | Ch. 15 | | The working parsonage | | | | Ch. 16 | | The old rectory | | | | | | Epilogue | | | | Ch. 17 | | Final thoughts | | | | | | Photograph and illustration acknowledgements | | | | App. A | | Definitions | | | | | More... | | |
"Written by the director of Save Our Parsonages, this book is more than a history of English rectories and vicarages, as it looks at a multitude of issues concerned with selling-off, rural retreat, and the future of the countryside community - indeed, the future of England itself...one extra advantage is the quality and frequency of the 68 photographs (and others in the text), almost half of which are in colour."thegoodbookstall.org.uk, January 2010  Be the first to write a customer review
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