The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882) [electronic resource] : Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Penelope.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects--England--Biography.

Catholic architects--England--Biography.

Hansom, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation.

Hansom, Joseph.

Architects.

Catholic architects.

Local Subjects:

Architects--England--Biography.

Catholic architects--England--Biography.

Hansom, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation.

Hansom, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is the first examination of the life of Joseph Hansom, the Victorian architect and designer of the eponymous cab.

Contents:

THE ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENT OF JOSEPH ALOYSIUS HANSOM (1803-1882): Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall,and Churches of the Catholic Revival; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I: Birth of a Dynasty - York 1806-1831; Chapter II: A Prize Leading to Bankruptcy - Birmingham 1831-1832; Chapter III: Complications, Distractions and Confusion, also 1833-1834; Chapter IV: A new home, a new career and 'Hansom the inventor' 1834-1837; Application for Freedom of City of York; Micklegate Bar, 1780-1830

York Dispensary, erected 1828Collingham Vicarage, Yorkshire; Victoria Terrace, Beaumaris; Method of Raising the Principal Rafters of the Roof; Memorial to John Heap, St Philip's Churchyard; The Birmingham Organ; Front cover of Statement of Facts Relevant to Birmingham Town-Hall; The Birmingham Music Festival, 1846; Robert Owen; Notice of Proposal for Establishment of National Association for Builders; Statue of Thomas Attwood; Union Meeting, New-hall Hill Birmingham; Labour Exchange Note, Birmingham Branch; Operative Builders' Guildhall, 1833-4

Hessian Sack and Workman's Tools found in Roof of Town HallTytherley, Hampshire, 1841-2; The Development of the Hansom Cab; The Mill Farm, Hansom's House at Caldecote; Lutterworth Town Hall; Extension to Husbands Bosworth Hall; Leicester Proprietary School; Hinckley Union Workhouse; New Baptist Chapel, Leicester; Proposed Sussex Memorial; Notre Dame Training College, Liverpool; St George's Church, York; Percival Buildings, Clifton College; Unveiling of blu Plaque, 1981; Chapter V: Getting started - serious work 1837-1840; Chapter VI: London, publishing, and back to Leicester again 1841-1849

Chapter VII: The Prolific Years - Lancashire - 1845-1858Chapter VIII: Upwards and Onwards - The Rightful Place of the Hansom Legacy; Epilogue; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1756-7

OCLC:

821177945