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PublisherQuarto Publishing Group UK
ISBN-101845136144
ISBN-139781845136147
eBay Product ID (ePID)109280757
Product Key Features
Book TitleEngland's Lost Houses : from the Archives of Country Life
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicDesign & Construction, Buildings / Residential
IllustratorYes
GenreNon-Classifiable, Architecture, House & Home
AuthorGiles Worsley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight39.1 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width10 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews'Provides a powerful impression of the richness and variety of the English country house and of the treasures that were destroyed.', 'This grave compilation of Country Life photographs of great houses, burned, stripped, wrecked, demolished and otherwise ruined since 1900 feels like an illustrated supplement to English fiction, high and low, over the same period... Haunting', 'This grave compilation of Country Life photographs of great houses, burned, stripped, wrecked, demolished and otherwise ruined since 1900 feels like an illustrated supplement to English fiction, high and low, over the same period. Haunting' 'Both sad and fascinating' 'Provides a powerful impression of the richness and variety of the English country house and of the treasures that were destroyed.' 'Poignant' 'An elegant testimonial to these vanished houses'
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal728.80942
SynopsisOf all the photographs in the Country Life archive, none are more poignant than the images of houses that have been lost through demolition or fire. In a great number of cases, the photographs taken by the magazine for their weekly feature on country houses are the only record of many of the most important houses and interiors that were destroyed. From Uffington House, Lincolnshire, a fine Restoration house burnt in 1904, to the Rococo magnificence of Nuthall temple, Nottinghamshire, its site now buried under the M1 motorway, this book provides a moving testimony to one of the saddest chapters in English 20th century history. Giles Worsley's incisive text makes this more than just an elegy for lost glories. By studying the circumstances behind one hundred houses that have gone, he is able to explain why such a large number were destroyed in the last century. He explains how many houses were lost as great landowners, responding to economic and political changes, sold off secondary estates and demolished palatial houses of the nineteenth century. He also examines how chance played its part, with fire emerging as one of the chief causes of destruction. As the twentieth century recedes into history the story of the country house over the past hundred years becomes increasingly fascinating. England's Lost Houses is essential reading for all those seeking to understand what really happened., A unique and poignant record of great English houses that were lost through demolition or fire during the twentieth century
LC Classification NumberNA7620.W67 2011
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