History Coursework
Question 1.
When we date buildings we look at the specific features that they have; such things like the brick or stonework, the doors, windows and chimneys. We try to find out what sort of person lived there and in which century it was built in. A typical 18th Century house would have been very symmetrical, it would have been box shaped, the balustrades would sometimes hide the roofline. It would have been built of brick but covered with plaster. They were sometimes large detached houses or terraces. They often have specific features such as fanlight windows over doors and sash windows. The windows were often smaller on the top floor as they were on the ground floor. There was a return to the Classical styles such as the Greeks and the Romans so most houses had features that resembled this.
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