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We’ve been reading*Victorian Pubs*by Mark Girouard (1975; rev. 1984) which pointed us toward J.C. Loudon’s*Encyclopaedia*of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture*published in 1846. This being the 21st century, it’s available in full online via Archive.org, and has about*50 pages on inns and pubs (pp.675-726).
These designs are ideal templates rather than referring to specific pubs — has anyone ever seen an Italianate or Swiss-style inn in the wild? (Serious question.)
GALLERY: Pub Architecture, 1846 from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Over-thinking beer, pubs and the meaning of craft since 2007


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