CENTREforREFORMATIONandRENAISSANCESTUDIESVICTORIAUNIVERSITYR NEARLY RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTUREIN ENGLANDI I ^fS-i !Fig. i. BLICKLING NORFOLK.HALL,EARLY RENAISSANCEARCH ITECTU REIN ENGLANDA HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVEACCOUNT OF THE TUDOR, ELIZAANDBETHAN, PERIODS,JACOBEAN1500 1625FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND OTHERSFiYALFRED F.S.A.GOTCH,J.AUTHOR OF "ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSAM F INENGLAND," "THE GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH ETC.HOUSE,"SECOND EDITION REVISEDWITH OVER THREE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONSFROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGSLONDONB. T. BATSFORD LTD., HIGH HOLBORN94//PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONa new edition of this work it wasconsideringIX desirable to reduce the bulk of thethought slightlybook. The text and illustrations were accordoriginalscrutinised, and such illustrations have been omittedinglyas could be without with thespared interfering adequateof the Adevelopment subject. corresponding compressionof the text and these have resulted infollowed, changesthea volume of more size, but which still retainshandycomplete story.and hasThe text has been corrected where necessaryinto line with the result of recent researches ;been broughtbut the alterations have been as few as and thepossible,new edition be as an and somemay regarded improvedof the old.what condensed versionA. G.J.WEEKLKY NEARRISE, KETTEKING,March 1914.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITIONbe observed thatshould, this book isperhaps, althoughentitled ...
