An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture…

Published 1846, by John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843)

…and Furniture containing numerous designs for dwellings, from the villa to the cottage and the farm, including Farm Houses, Farmeries, and other Agricultural Buildings, country inns, public houses, and parochial schools: with the requisite fittings-up, fixtures and furniture; and garden scenery: each design accompanied by analytical and critical marks.((Download free ebook at the Internet Archive for Kindle, ePub and other portable eReader formats ))

With more than two thousand engravings, this influential book is just one of many publications by Loudon from 1803 to 1843.  He was primarily a botanist and garden designer, credited as one of the first to write about landscape architecture, “arboretums” and English gardening in the 17th Century. He was also influential as an early city planner for green spaces, creating designs for botanic gardens, parks and cemeteries in the United Kingdom.