CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION 



Evolution of the Modern House Elizabethan Domestic 

 Arrangements First Signs of Transition Gradual 

 Disappearance of Jacobean Features Predominance 

 of the Classic Style The Gothic Revival i 



II. THE CHANGE IN STYLE 



The Native versus the Italian Method Change in the 

 Status of the Architect The Influence of Architec- 

 tural Books The Smithson Drawings 25 



III. INIGO JONES 



Jacobean Design still Prevalent Significance of the 

 Banqueting House, Whitehall The Early Life of 

 Inigo Jones His Drawings and his Authentic Exe- 

 cuted Work His Pupil and Assistant Work Attri- 

 buted to Jones Characteristics of his Genius 41 



IV. THE DRAWINGS OF INIGO JONES AND 



JOHN WEBB 



The Whitehall Designs and their Authorship John Webb : 

 his Relation to Jones and Subsequent Career Con- 

 temporary Evidence on the Drawings Webb's Exe- 

 cuted Work 63 



V. THE TRANSITION IN MINOR BUILDINGS 

 AND INTERIORS 



Lingering Jacobean Detail Some Country Houses of the 

 Transitional Period Curious Blending of the Old 

 and New Styles Charm of some of the Successful 

 Examples Remodelling of Domestic Fittings 99 



