Wooden-fronted houses and forestairs in early modern Scotland

Author

Harrison, John G.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Architectural heritage. 1998, Vol. 9, 71-83, 7 ill., 1 plan

Abstract (en)

Documents generated by a 1751 property dispute in Stirling throw new light on the form and function of the wooden frontages applied to stone houses in the late medieval and early modern periods, and reveal how these structures related to the way in which streets were progressively narrowed by advancing frontages. The forestairs mentioned in leases and property transactions are sometimes domestic spaces rather than mere stairs.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Facades
• Wood
• Great Britain
• 1500-1800
• Streets
• Scotland (GBR)
• Stirling (Central, GBR)
• Architecture
• Houses
• Stairwells

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Façade
• Bois
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1500-1800
• Rue
• Scotland (GBR)
• Stirling (Central, GBR)
• Architecture
• Maison
• Cage d'escalier

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00205792

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