Product Description: For nearly a century Woolworth’s bright red signboard was a beacon on British and Irish main streets. American in origin, Woolworth’s business model of inexpensive goods piled on counter tops nevertheless scored an immediate hit with British consumers...read more

Product Description: Shoppers in England from medieval times to the present have been beguiled by attractive merchandise, rarely heeding the details of their surroundings. This appealing book shifts the focus of attention for the first time to the architecture of retail buildings in England...read more

Product Description: Poor-law buildings have played a crucial role not only in the history of architecture in Engand but also in the country's social history. Morrison and the RCHME present a typology of poor-law workhouses with plans and photographs, in an attempt to record these decaying structures before they are completely lost...read more