The Parts of a House

The Parts of a House by Graham Blackburn. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399900747.

"This book is an attempt to take apart and describe the constituent parts of a typical one to two family house ... I have tried to explain, in the most general terms, a buildings basic anatomy; but just as no two people are exactly alike, so are houses seldom identical, although share a similar framework and have been constructed on similar principles. Therefore your mullions and muntins may not be quite as I have drawn them, but the chances are that you will have some, and will be able to recognize them from what is written here. Also, while I have tried to include everything that might be part of a houses construction, not everything here will be found in a single house - so you may look in vain for your cricket or conrice return, but you will know them when you see them in another ...