Robin Thornes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6351715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Thornes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Thornes |
| SIGNATURE | THORNES R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Documenting the Cultural Heritage
Buxton Old Hall
Behind the early eighteenth-century south front of the Old Hall Hotel are to be found the substantial remains of a tower house built by George Talbot, sixth earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Bess of Hardwick in 1572–73. The building, which was believed to have been demolished in 1670, survives behind eighteenth- and nineteenth-century alterations and additions. It is a tower house of double pile plan and four storeys in height, a description which …
Upton Court, Slough
Upton Court (Pl. VIIA) is a timber-framed open hall house, dated by dendrochronology to c. 1330. The building appears to have been the work of Merton Priory, the holders of the manor of Upton from the twelfth century until the Dissolution. As originally built the house comprised an ailsed hall range and a jettied upper end cross wing. The open hall truss is of particular interest in that it is a hammer beam variant of unusual construction. The bu…
Industrial Archaeology and the RCHME
This paper comprises five main sections. The introduction traces the gradually increasing commitment to industrial subjects in the first 70 years of the Royal Commission's existence i.e. up to 1978, a year which was to prove something of a watershed. The second section reviews developments since that date; the third section outlines the 1986 situation while the fourth section, as a separate essay, deals with the computerisation of the Royal Commi…
Industrial Archaeology and the RCHME
This paper comprises five main sections. The introduction traces the gradually increasing commitment to industrial subjects in the first 70 years of the Royal Commission's existence i.e. up to 1978, a year which was to prove something of a watershed. The second section reviews developments since that date; the third section outlines the 1986 situation while the fourth section, as a separate essay, deals with the computerisation of the Royal Commi…
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Industrial Archaeology and the RCHME
This paper comprises five main sections. The introduction traces the gradually increasing commitment to industrial subjects in the first 70 years of the Royal Commission's existence i.e. up to 1978, a year which was to prove something of a watershed. The second section reviews developments since that date; the third section outlines the 1986 situation while the fourth section, as a separate essay, deals with the computerisation of the Royal Commi…
Industrial Archaeology and the RCHME
This paper comprises five main sections. The introduction traces the gradually increasing commitment to industrial subjects in the first 70 years of the Royal Commission's existence i.e. up to 1978, a year which was to prove something of a watershed. The second section reviews developments since that date; the third section outlines the 1986 situation while the fourth section, as a separate essay, deals with the computerisation of the Royal Commi…
Upton Court, Slough
Upton Court (Pl. VIIA) is a timber-framed open hall house, dated by dendrochronology to c. 1330. The building appears to have been the work of Merton Priory, the holders of the manor of Upton from the twelfth century until the Dissolution. As originally built the house comprised an ailsed hall range and a jettied upper end cross wing. The open hall truss is of particular interest in that it is a hammer beam variant of unusual construction. The bu…
Buxton Old Hall
Behind the early eighteenth-century south front of the Old Hall Hotel are to be found the substantial remains of a tower house built by George Talbot, sixth earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Bess of Hardwick in 1572–73. The building, which was believed to have been demolished in 1670, survives behind eighteenth- and nineteenth-century alterations and additions. It is a tower house of double pile plan and four storeys in height, a description which …
Documenting the Cultural Heritage
Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (2 works) · Industrial archaeology (2 works)