Architecture. British Architecture though the ages Building using stone stone cottages and cathedrals - Salisbury thatched cottages and medieval houses timber framed are replaced by stone built stately homes with long gallery and oriel windows of the tudor period. The georgian period with Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren Chelsea Barracks Interiors of Stately houses and great country houses. Georgian crescents Great crescent at Bath and terraces. John Nash terraces in London Houses of Parliament with modern Gothic architectural style Euston Arch at Euston station County Hall 1960's steel and concrete buildings Battersea Power Station Sunrise at Stonehenge - ancient use of stone for building - natural material from the earth - introducing examples of Britain's architectural history. Cathedrals : Durham Cathedral from the river including house by river - interior showing heavy round Norman columns and rounded arches As a contrast - Gothic interior showing slender pillars, pointed arches allowing larger windows - stained glass - fan vaulting - flying buttresses External views of various cathedrals House building : development of different building techniques - simple timber cruck frame cottage with stone roof tiles and dormer window - House with timber framed gable wall and tall triple chimney - Timber framed house with jettied first floor - examples of larger more ornate and regional styles Large Tudor house - crenellated parapet - topiary - exterior of bay window with stained glass Use of brick instead of local stone Mention of Guilds of Craftsmen Elizabethan houses - ornate ironwork gates - gate pillar with eagle Inigo Jones Christopher Wren - use of brick, Portland stone Front elevations of various large houses Interior of ornate plaster ceiling, chandelier, stone fireplace with sculptures of females each side Large country house in landscape setting - mown grass Bath - Georgian houses - Royal Crescent - Cotswold limestone Terraces of Georgian houses John Nash Regency terraces in London- first floor balcony with ornate ironwork Gothic architecture - Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Law Courts, Albert Memorial Grecian influence in design of Euston Arch, Euston Station Introduction of steel framed buildings and reinforced concrete - County Hall, offices, housing, industrial buildings. Mostly Art Deco style. Brick buildings - housing - flats with access balconies, metal windows Battersea Power Station - chimneys

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