' Mr Monville's House in Paris gave us no Pleasure when we arrived. It seems to be contrived merely for the purposes of disgusting Lewdness - the ornaments are all obscene.'
(MRS THRALE. 1775)
Dr Robin Middleton , Librarian of the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, Cambridge, considers Allan Braham 's account of architectural design in 18th-century France and argues that a history of buildings should also reflect intellectual attitudes and even social prejudices.