The House library

Our collection of 18th and 19th century texts, and contemporary works on architecture, design, construction, and history.
Focused principally on the Georgian and Victorian eras, the library contains texts on architecture, construction, interior design, and social, political, and economic history. The collection includes original works from the 18th and 19th centuries, contemporary material from established publishing houses, and self published pamphlets such as the Town House Times, our friends' newsletter.

Title Author Categories
Objects and Images from the Edge of the World: [catalogue of an exhibition at the Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich 19 May – 15 July 2001] Austen, David Artists - England, Austen David - 1960-
Old Brighton – a collection of prints, paintings and drawings Hollingdale, Eileen Brighton, Illustrations, History
Old cooking utensils Everleigh, David J Household cooking utensils 1600-1900
On history Hobsbawm, Eric History & philosophy
One day in Regency England Scott, Alastair Regency England, Juvenile literature
Paint effects Callery, Emma Interior decoration - Paint
Painting, passion and politics: Masterpieces from the Walpole Collection on loan from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Art - Walpole Collection, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Panoramania! The art and entertainment of the ‘all-embracing’ view Hyde, Ralph Panoramas, Exhibitions
Parish Registers McLaughlin, Eve Genealogy - Parish registers
Parsons, Son and Basley 1825-1975 Estate agents, Brighton, History
Plaque Trail 1: Sealife Centre to Kemptown The Regency Society Commemorative plaques, Walking, Brighton
Plaque Trail 2: The Floral Clock Circular The Regency Society Commemorative plaques, Walking, Hove
Plaque Trail 3: The Old Town of Brighton The Regency Society Commemorative plaques, Walking, Brighton
Postmodern architecture in London Bronstein, Pablo Postmodern architecture
Protecting cultural objects through international documentation standards: a preliminary survey Thornes, Robin Museums - Collections documentation
Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts or Iron Road books for perusal on the journey … London and Brighton Railways - History
Reading old handwriting McLaughlin, Eve Palaeography, Old handwriting
Regency design, 1790-1840: gardens, buildings, interiors, furniture Morley, John Decoration and ornament - Regency style
Regency recipes Moine, Marie Pierre & Williams, Antonia Cookery - Regency period
Regency recollections: Captain Gronow’s guide to life in London and Paris Gronow, Rees Howell, edited by Summerville, Christopher Social life and customs - 19th century
Regency style Parissien, Steven Houses, Interiors, Regency
Regency style of Leamington Spa Edwards, Paul Francis Leamington Spa, Architecture - Regency period
Repair of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Powys, A. R Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Great Britain
Report on the architecture of the two towns Regency Society of Brighton & Hove Architecture, Regency, Brighton, Hove
Scenes by the Smythes: An exhibition of the work of the Suffolk artists, E.R. Smythe (1810-1899) and Thomas Smythe (1825-1906) [held] 20th May – 6th June 1986 Artists - Britain, Smythe ER 1810-1899, Smythe Thomas 1825-1906
Schubert and his Vienna Osborne, Charles, 1927- Schubert Franz - 1797-1828
Shops book: Brighton 1900-1930 Griffiths, Neil Shops - Brighton
Silhouettes McSwiggan, Kevin Silhouettes - history
Simple Latin for family historians McLaughlin, Eve Latin language, Family history
Sins of the fathers: A study of the Atlantic slave traders 1441-1807 Pope-Hennessy, James Slave trade - History
Smugglers’ village: the story of Rottingdean Blyth, Henry Rottingdean (Sussex) - History
Some medieval records for family historians: An introduction to the purposes, contents and interpretation of pre-1538 records available in print Franklin, Peter Family research, Historic research
St Andrew’s Church (The Old Parish Church) Hove Peachey, Geoffrey E.; revised by Reygate, Frank Churches - Hove
St Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, Hove Vigar, John; Robins, Mike Architecture, Churches, Brighton
St Michael and All Angels Church, Brighton: a history and guide Beevers, David Architecture, Churches, Brighton
St. Mary’s Bramber: a Sussex house and its gardens Thorogood, Peter Architecture - England
Strike while the iron's hot : Frank Dean's life as a blacksmith and farrier in Rodmell Dean, Frank, 1916-, edited by Susan Rowland Blacksmiths - Biography, Dean Frank – 1916-1994
Sussex Nairn, Ian & Pevsner, N Architecture - Sussex
Sussex Bibliography East Sussex County Library Bibliographies
Sussex bottle collectors guide Askey, Derek Bottle collecting - Sussex

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