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D. Building Types D. BUILDING TYPES D5. DOMESTIC BUILDINGS This section has been divided as follows: a. general works, studies relating to specific periods, and studies of larger country houses; b. studies of smaller buildings up to c.1830, including some regional studies of vernacular building (for constructional methods and buildings materials see F); c. smaller buildings, including planned housing, from c.1830 to the present day (for planning see also E) D5A. GENERAL AND COUNTRY HOUSES Bibliographies: Studies of individual country houses are published in Country Life (1897–), a separate index is available; see below, Girouard 1971, Newman 1988, Wood 1966, Wrightson, 1977; also B1, B2, B3. Ackerman, J.S. 1990 The Villa: form and ideology of country houses Addy, S.O. 1933 The Evolution of the English House (rev. and enlarged by J. 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