This is the story of the superbly elegant early eighteenth-century Pallant House in Chichester. It's the story of 19 Princelet Street in Spitafields, built for a Huguenot silk-weaver, ultimately a synagogue. It's also the story of - among others - a row of two-up, two-downs in Toxteth, a block of flats in London's East End, and what Ideal Home's magazine described in 1926 as Britain's 'first modern house' - in Northampton.
Together these buildings reveal the ways in which English homes have developed and changed over the past few centuries. At the same time, as Dan Cruickshank shows, they have much to tell us about the lives of their first occupants: their aspirations, their struggles, their place within society and relationship with their local community. The English House brilliantly weaves these two strands together, blending architectural and social history to create a series of brilliantly observed portraits of fascinating buildings.
| ISBN: | 9781804941546 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2026 |
| Author: | Dan Cruickshank |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Cornerstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 512 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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This is the story of the superbly elegant early eighteenth-century Pallant House in Chichester. It's the story of 19 Princelet Street in Spitafields, built for a Huguenot silk-weaver, ultimately a synagogue.
The English House features in the following genres: History, European history
Paperback, Hardback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
The English House was written by Dan Cruickshank and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Cornerstone
The English House has 512 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.
