Cottages ornés

Roger White is an architectural historian and former Secretary of the Georgian Group and Garden History Society. He is one of the leading authorities on Georgian landscape architecture and is author of Georgian Arcadia: Architecture for the Park and Garden.

“Comprehensive, scholarly and hugely enjoyable book.”—Peter Parker, A Magazine for RIBA Friends of Architecture“One little regarded purpose of architecture is to entertain: Cottages ornés shows that this is not an ignoble aim, and both the aim and book are worth celebrating.”—Philip Wilkinson, English Buildings blog“This is a book to dip into, discover buildings and details not known to the reader before.”—Bettina Harden, The Georgian“Readable, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated.”— Matthew Sanders, Ancient Monuments Society Newsletter“Roger White’s illuminating piece of social history is a perfect bedtime read that will ensure you go to sleep with a smile on your face.”—Colin McDowell, The Times Luxx magazine“Authoritative survey.”—Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors“This is a lavishly-illustrated large-format book that appreciates and seeks to map the adoption of vernacular aesthetics into elite British design, conducted via an extensive survey of photographs, sketches, plans, watercolours and prints.”—Karen Sayer, Cercles