Local Style in English Architecture

Thomas Dinham Atkinson was Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Ely; Diocesan Surveyor, Winchester; Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, and to the Warder and Fellows of Winchester College. He was also Consulting Architect to the Incorporated Church Building Society. He was the author of several publications on architecture, particularly on church architecture. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1910. He died in 1948

Introduction. Part 1: Factors Determining Local Variation 1. Geology and Geography 2. Race 3. Religion 4. The Foreigner 5. Wealth 6. Transport 7. Fashion Part 2: Variations in Particular Features 8. The Parish Church Plan 9. The Steeple 10. Timber Construction, Buildings and Roofs 11. Church Furniture Part 3: General View of Local Variations. Appendices: I. Abstracts of Contracts II. Buildings in Imitation of Others III. Polygonal Steeples, Apses, Chapels, Porches Circular and Polygonal Chapter Houses IV: Gabled Steeples V. Towers with Octagonal Buttresses VI: Circular Windows and Panels VII. Bay Wall-Arcades VIII. Easter Sepulchres.