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Product Identifiers
PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100847818241
ISBN-139780847818242
eBay Product ID (ePID)752466
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Houses of England and Wales
Number of Pages424 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicDesign & Construction, General, Europe / Great Britain, Sociology / Rural
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, House & Home, Architecture, Social Science
AuthorHugh M. Massingberd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length13.4 in
Item Width11.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-006987
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Photographed bySykes, Christopher S.
Dewey Decimal728.8/0942
SynopsisPresented here are thirty-two notable buildings and their estates that represent a characteristically English combination of architectural splendor and domestic comfort. This chronological selection presents a panoramic history of the evolution of the great house from Elizabethan through Edwardian times and up to the present ongoing battle for preservation. Acknowledged architectural masterpieces as well as lesser-known houses represent the work of Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and Robert Adam among many other celebrated architects. The photographs, specially taken for this volume, show the familiar as well as the unexpected. In addition to splendid state rooms, grand exteriors and gardens there are photographs of private rooms and servants' quarters. These illuminating photographs offer access to the houses from an insider's point of view, presenting contemporary homes rather than museum interiors. The informed text combines architectural and social history with the individual stories of the great families and the houses they created, where their descendants in many cases still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh in his preface to Brideshead Revisited called Britain's chief national artistic achievement.
LC Classification NumberNA7620.M66 1994
