Bookcases

NOTES: This castle was converted into a castellated mansion by the Croft family in the 17th century. The family sold the mansion in 1746 when it was further remodelled in the Gothic style by Richard Payne Knight. It later passed by marriage to the Johnes family. Thomas Farnollls Pritchard was responsible for the internal decorations for Thomas Johnes in 1765.

NOTES: Sir John Soane acquired 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, which with numbers 12 and 14 form the house and museum, and rebuilt it in two stages in 1808-1809 and in 1812-1813.

NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and headed its pioneering school-building programme. Located near a large jet aircraft factory and landing ground, the construction of this school presented a special insulation problem. It was overcome by using minimum glazing on the elevations facing the noise, keeping the buildings low and using lawns as sound absorbent surfaces.

NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and headed its pioneering school-building programme. Located near a large jet aircraft factory and landing ground, the construction of this school presented a special insulation problem. It was overcome by using minimum glazing on the elevations facing the noise, keeping the buildings low and using lawns as sound absorbent surfaces.

NOTES: This school for 360 pupils on a 17-acre site was designed by Richard Sheppard & Partners in collaboration with C. H. Aslin, County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and head of its pioneering school-building programme.

NOTES: When the library was built in 1712-1732 to designs by Thomas Burgh, it had a flat plaster ceiling, shelving for books on the lower level only and an open gallery. In 1858-1860, to accomodate the burgeoning number of books, the roof was raised to allow construction of the present barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery bookcases by Deane & Woodward.

NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).

NOTES: This is a Span development.

NOTES: This was the first purpose-built comprehensive school in Britain. It was designed by Slater Uren & Pike for the London County Council.