The Highland House Transformed

Architecture and Identity of the Edge of Britain 1700-1850

Author: Daniel Maudlin, Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Plymouth

ISBN: 9781845860189

Price: £16.99

Publication Month: August 2009

The Highland House Transformed examines the domestic architecture of the Scottish Highlands. Why are all the houses white boxes or in terraced village main streets? Where are the thatched cottages and clustered villages of the romantic Brigadoon image? This book explores why the houses and villages of the modern Highlands look the way they do and how they relate to history of the region. It is a history of the house that involves the effects of the Clearances, sheep and fishing, and travels from northern Scotland to north America.

Preface
Introduction
- The Highlands Transformed
- The New Highland House
- Regional House Building Patterns in the Highlands
- Architecture and Identity
- The Highland Cottage
- The Highland Planned Village Movement
- The British Fisheries Society
- From Northern Scotland to North America
Appendices
- Tables to Show House Building Patterns in the Scottish Highlands, 1700-1850
- Table to Show Building Patterns at the Planned Villages of Ullapool and Tobermory, 1786-1820
- British Fisheries Society Catalogue of Works
- Tables to Show House Building Patterns in Nova Scotia, 1800-1850
Bibliography
Index