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Mark Girouard

マーク・ジルーアード

Māku Giruādo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-10-07
Died
2022-08-16 age 90
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Notting Hill Gate, London

Career

Occupations
Architectural historian
Active Years
1958-2022
Affiliations
The Architecture Foundation, Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust
Memberships
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Education

Ampleforth College
Classics
Country: United Kingdom
Christ Church, Oxford
Classics
Country: United Kingdom
文学士

Awards

Duff Cooper Memorial Prize
1978
Work: Life in the English Country House
Result: 受賞
WH Smith Literary Award
1979
Work: Life in the English Country House
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Elizabethan Architecture

2009 Architectural history

A study on the rise and fall of Elizabethan architecture.

Elizabethan architecture

Life in the English Country House

1978 Social and architectural history

A social and architectural history of the English country house.

Country houseSocial history

The Victorian Country House

1971 Architectural history

Study on Victorian country houses.

Victorian architecture

Bibliography

  • Montacute House, Somerset
  • Robert Smythson and the Architecture of the Elizabethan Era
  • The Victorian Country House
  • Victorian Pubs
  • Hardwick Hall
  • Sweetness and Light: The "Queen Anne" Movement, 1860–1900
  • Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History
  • Historic Houses of Britain
  • Alfred Waterhouse and the Natural History Museum
  • The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman
  • Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House
  • Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History
  • A Country House Companion
  • The English Town: A History of Urban Life
  • Town and Country
  • Windsor: The Most Romantic Castle
  • Big Jim: The Life and Work of James Stirling
  • A Hundred Years at Waddesdon
  • Life in the French Country House
  • Rushton Triangular Lodge
  • Elizabethan Architecture: Its Rise and Fall, 1540–1640
  • Enthusiasms
  • Friendships
  • A Biographical Dictionary of English Architecture 1540–1640

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Social history integrated with architectural analysisDetailed illustrations
Recurring Motifs
Country housesVictorian architectureElizabethan architectureUrban life

Legacy

British architectural historian, authority on the country house, and Elizabethan and Victorian architecture.

Archives

  • Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art

Trivia

  • Grandson of Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford.
  • Founder and first chairman of the Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust.