Petit: Architectural Progressive and Pioneer of Preservation
List of Books, Articles and Speeches by the Reverend J L Petit
A. Books
Name | Year Published | Pages | Illustrations |
1. Remarks on Church Architecture | 1841 | 470 | 278 (1 by other) |
2. Remarks on Architectural Character | 1846 | 11 | 45 |
3. Remarks on the Principles of Gothic Architecture applied to ordinary Parish Churches | 1846 | 10 | 2 |
4. Remarks on Romsey Abbey Church | 1846 | 8 | 8 |
5. The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury, with a Description of its Plan and Architectural Peculiarities | 1848 | 25 | 10 (2 by A. Reid) |
6. Architectural Studies in France | 1854 | 203 | 210 (44 by P.H. Delamotte) |
7. Remarks on Boxgrove Priory (Part of book by Willis, Petit, Sharpe, speeches given in 1853) | 1861 | 40 | 8 |
B. Articles in the Archaeological Journal
On Bell Turrets. | Vol I, 1844 |
Tong Church, Salop | Vol II, 1845 |
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Isle of Man | Vol III, 1846 |
Architectural Notes in the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham | Vol IV, 1847 |
Architectural Notices Relating to Chiefly to Ecclesiastical Structures in the County of Gloucester | Vol VI, 1849 |
Architectural Notices Relating Chiefly to Churches in the County of Sussex | Vol VI, 1849 |
Architectural Notices Relating to the Church of Gillingham, Norfolk (Mostly by T Hill) | Vol VII, 1850 |
Notes on Examples of Ecclesiastical Architecture in France pt 1 | Vol VIII, 1851 |
Notes on Examples of Ecclesiastical Architecture in France pt 2 | Vol IX, 1852 |
Architectural Notices Buildwas Abbey Shropshire | Vol XV, 1857 |
Notes on Circular Churches | Vol XVIII, 1861 |
Decorative Coloured Brickwork in Rouen | Vol XIX, 1862 |
Remarks on Medieval Architecture in the East pt 1 | Vol XXIII, 1866 |
Remarks on Medieval Architecture in the East pt 2 | Vol XXIII, 1866 |
Howden Church (posthumous) | Vol XXV, 1868 |
Cartmel Priory Church, Lancashire (posthumous) | Vol XXVII, 1870 |
Church St Radagonde nr Tours (posthumous) | Vol XLIX, 1887 |
C. Speeches and Other (probably not complete)
In addition to those subsequently published as books, see Section A 2,3,4,5,7.
Remarks on Beverley Minster | AI Annual Meeting, York, 1846 |
Architectural Notes in the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham | Cheltenham Literary and Philosophical Inst 1847? |
Wymondham Church [Norfolk] | AI Annual Meeting, Norwich, 1847 |
Remarks on Southwell Minster | AI Annual Meeting, Lincoln, 1848 |
Remarks on Wimbourn Minster | AI Annual Meeting, Salisbury, 1849 |
Remarks on Sherborne Minster | AI Annual Meeting, Oxford, 1850 |
Remarks on Brinkburn Priory [Northumberland] | AI Annual Meeting, Newcastle, 1852 |
Architectural Principles and Prejudices | Northampton Mechanics Institute, 1854 |
Remarks on Italian Architecture | RIBA 1855 |
Utilitarianism in Architecture | Architectural Exhibition, 1855 |
On the Use of Ancient Architectural Examples | Architectural Exhibition, 1856 |
Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire | AI Annual Meeting, Shrewsbury, 1857 |
Remarks on Byzantine Architecture | RIBA, 1858 |
The Architecture of the South of Europe | St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural Society, 1859 |
Shifnal Church | British Archaeological Association, Annual Meeting Shrewsbury, 1860 |
On the Revival of Architectural Styles | Architectural Exhibition, 1861 |
On the Picturesque in Architecture | Architectural Exhibition, 1863 |
Remarks on Egyptian Architecture | Architectural Exhibition, 1866 |