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Railway Architecture

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Railway Architecture
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bill Fawcett
SeriesShire Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenrePublic buildings - civic, commercial, industrial, etc
History of architecture
Trains and railways
ISBN/Barcode 9780747814450
ClassificationsDewey:725.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 15 b/w; 48 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Shire Publications
Publication Date 10 January 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. However, these grand buildings are only part of the story - not only was the country peppered with humbler individually styled station buildings, but also with bridges, signal boxes, engine sheds and other structures specific to the railways. In this illustrated introduction, Bill Fawcett tells the story of railway architecture from the age of George Stephenson to modern times, including such influential architects as Sir George Gilbert Scott and Charles Holden.

Author Biography

Bill Fawcett is a professional engineer who has written and lectured extensively on architecture and railways. His previous ten books include the biography of architect G. T. Andrews and a prize-winning account of the early Newcastle & Carlisle Railway. He is a keen conservationist, is an adviser to the Railway Heritage Trust and edits the journal York Historian.