Bøger udgivet af Historic England

As slums were cleared after the Blitz, there was a pressing need for housing. Successive governments championed prefabrication as a speedy solution. The resulting bungalows with slightly pitched roofs, pretty gardens and all the mod cons became home to hundreds of thousands of people around the country, often those who had not previously had the luxury of hot running water or a fridge. No wonder, then, that they became so loved. These squat little homes were meant to last just a decade - a mere stopgap as the country got back on its feet - but many of the prefabs are still standing, with residents often fighting to hold on to them. There has been growing public interest in these fast-disappearing houses, and the communities they fostered, so the importance of recording their histories is keenly felt. The book recounts residents' first hand experiences - from the first time they laid eyes on their prefabs to their attempts to hold on to their "little castles" beyond their designated "temporary" timeframe. The authors look at the success of post-war prefab housing in the wider context of British social housing. The book also looks at architectural innovation and imaginative design in the field of prefabrication and clever solutions being put forward to solve the housing crisis of today. Fewer and fewer prefabs remain - but you can still spot them here and there, sitting cosily among their big brick-built neighbours, a lesson in thoughtful design, community building and what it means to have a house to call your own --

The book shows how the basic design of goods sheds evolved early in the history of railways, and how the form of goods sheds reflected the function they performed.

This book investigates how, where, when and why the Neo-Georgian has been represented over the course of the last century and assesses its impact as a broader cultural phenomenon.

The core of the book will represent the results of a three-year survey project looking at the historic landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

An introduction to the architectural development, the social significance and, in the last century, the dramatic fall and rise of the English railway station.

Two centuries of tourism has left behind a rich heritage, but Blackpool has also inherited a legacy of social and economic problems, as well as the need for comprehensive new sea defences to protect the heart of the town.

The garden created by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle in the early 1570s was one of the wonders of Elizabethan England. This beautifully illustrated book presents the extensive research that informed the scheme and describes the process by which the new garden was designed.

This comprehensive gazetteer and guide to historic synagogues and Jewish heritage sites in Britain and Ireland has been fully revised and updated in this second edition, and celebrates in full colour the undiscovered heritage of Anglo-Jewry.

This is the story of the discovery, in 2003, of Britain's first Ice Age cave art at Creswell Crags. It includes a definitive list, photographs, drawings and description of the motifs and sets the discovery in its archaeological and geological context.

Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as 'one of the most exciting towns in England' [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] - a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old streets and buildings.

This set of eight detailed A3 images shows how developments in transport reflected the great social changes in Victorian times. The images include rail, river and road travel from coach and horses to trams, bicycles and the early motor car. The pack also contains links to other resources, along with some fascinating facts.