2nd Edition
Windows History, Repair and Conservation
In Windows: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the history, dating, development, care, repair and conservation of windows by authors who are experts in their fields. Each chapter covers a different aspect of the subject, from the dating of windows and their separate parts, through to surveying and engineering, recording and curation of historic windows, their ironmonger and surrounds.
As this book shows, windows vary in complexity and form, from the very simplest glazed openings to intricate medieval stained-glass masterpieces, combining the work of stone masons, smiths, woodworkers, glaziers, and artists. This book traces the history of windows and provides guidance on their upkeep and conservation. It is thus an essential reference work for all those involved in care of historic buildings.
Windows: History, Repair and Conservation was the first major book devoted to the understanding of windows. This new revised edition brings the book up to date and provides additional chapters to provide a complete overview of the subject that will inform research and practice for years to come.
Introduction
James W.P. Campbell and Michael Tutton
PART ONE: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING
1. The Historical Development of Windows from the Ancient World to 1500
James WP Campbell
2. The Historical Development of the Window After 1500
Hentie Louw
3. Dating Sash Windows Through Their Details
Charles Brooking
4. A History of Window Fittings
Treve Rosoman
5. The History and Development of Glass
David Martlew
PART TWO: SURVEYING AND ASSESSMENT
6. Recording Windows and Assessing Historical Significance
Adam Menuge
7. Structural Assessment
Robert Thorniley-Walker
8. Assessing Window Performance and Sustainability
Mike Parrett
PART THREE: MATERIALS, REPAIR AND CONSERVATION
9. Timber
Alan Lamb
10. Environmental Deterioration of Historic Timber Windows
Jagjit Singh
11. Metal
Eleni Makri and Rupert Harris
12 Stone
Graham Abrey
13. Leaded Lights and stained Glass
Ruth Cooke
14 Paints and Coatings
Karen Morrissey and Charlotte Owen
Biography
James W. P. Campbell MA PhD FSA IHBC RIBA is chairman of the Construction History Society, Professor of Architecture Construction History at the University of Cambridge and Seear Fellow in Architecture and History of Art at Queens’ College, Cambridge. His previous books include Brick: a World History (2003), Building St Paul’s (2007), The Library: a World History (2013) and in the current series he has co-edited with Michael Tutton, Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014) and Doors: History, Repair and Conservation (2020).
Michael Tutton FSA IHBC has some 30 years’ experience, largely in the construction industry, working principally on historic buildings as a site manager, clerk of works and consultant. He is past chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and was Secretary and Treasurer of the Construction History Society. He currently divides his time as an assistant architectural advisor to Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust and as an independent scholar writing and editing. He is the series editor for this series, having worked on the first edition of the current volume with Elizabeth Hirst and on Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014) and Doors: History, Repair and Conservation (2020) with James W.P. Campbell.
