Author : Sydney Robert Jones
Publisher : Grierson Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2009-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1444664840
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Country Houses
ISBN : 1856690539
Records thirty-two of the most important estates in words and photographs.
Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780865651562
Most still privately owned, these manor houses are scattered all over England, & range from simple Norman halls to picturesque Tudor homes, many dating from the reign of the Stuarts.
Author : Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks)
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 9781780201382
Britain’s stately homes and grand housesare among its greatest treasures, andThe Most Amazing Stately Homes inBritain brings you the grandest, mostmagnificent, eccentric and unusual ofthem all. This wonderfully illustratedregional touring guide describes eachhouse and tells its story, following theebb and flow of fortune and fame.Every house has something that setsit apart from the rest: the magnificentfour-storey Tudor tower (set in worldfamous gardens) of Sissinghurst inKent; sumptuous painted cloth wallhangingsof romantic Owlpen Manorin Gloucestershire; superb topiary atLevens Hall in Cumbria; sinister mythsof Blickling Hall in Norfolk and theenchanting Great Garden of Edzell Castlein Scotland, created in 1604 to stimulatethe mind and the senses. Discoverancient deer parks; exquisite collectionsof furniture, national treasures andbreathtaking views, to enjoy season-byseasonand year-round.The cover features Chatsworth inDerbyshire, one of Britain’s most famoushistoric houses and the fastest-growingpaid-for visitor attraction in 2010* withmore than 716,000 visitors. In May 2012Chatsworth featured in a popular threepartBBC1 documentary covering a yearbehind the scenes of the house and estate.
Author : Peter Mandler
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300078695
Challenging the prevailing view of a modern English culture besotted with its history and aristocracy, Mandler portrays instead a continuously changing society where both intellectual and popular attitudes have only recently turned to admiration.
Author : Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt
Publisher :
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN :
Author : Giles Worsley
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
Of all the photographs in Country Life's archives, none are more poignant or intriguing than the images of houses that have been lost. This text puts the lost country houses of England in historical context and explains why so many were destroyed.
Author : Helen Paterson Allingham
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2018-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780353052406
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Samuel Chamberlain
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN :
Author : Madge Dresser
Publisher : Historic England Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781848020641
The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation's colonial past, new questions are being posed about these great houses and their links to Atlantic slavery.This book, authored by a range of academics and heritage professionals, grew out of a 2009 conference on 'Slavery and the British Country house: mapping the current research' organised by English Heritage in partnership with the University of the West of England, the National Trust and the Economic History Society. It asks what links might be established between the wealth derived from slavery and the British country house and what implications such links should have for the way such properties are represented to the public today.Lavishly illustrated and based on the latest scholarship, this wide-ranging and innovative volume provides in-depth examinations of individual houses, regional studies and critical reconsiderations of existing heritage sites, including two studies specially commissioned by English Heritage and one sponsored by the National Trust.
