PLANTATION 1600 - 1714

Definitions

The definitions given are only simple brief descriptions of the styles of architecture found in the seventeenth century. The ‘Booklist’ gives details of books which cover the architectural styles in more depth.

Plantation
The settlements erected by ‘Planters’ usually consisting of a large fortified house and walled enclosure protected by flankers. The main buildings and walls were constructed in stone; the style of some settlements was a curious mix of English and Scottish building traditions.
Early maps show that ordinary people lived in stone houses with brick chimneys and slated roofs, timber-framed houses or thatched cottages.

Renaissance
The word is derived from the French ‘to be born again’ and the Italian word for ‘rebirth’.

Classical
The term comes from a great revival of the arts, influenced by classical precedents, which emerged from Italy in the fourteenth century.