The Treasure Houses of England
Author: Garry Gibbons
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780670828791
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Garry Gibbons
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780670828791
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: University of Missouri Press
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ISBN-13: 9782554009319
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Gilbert Barton
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780861903061
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Barton
Publisher: Hunter Pub Incorporated
Published: 1993-09-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781556506192
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lydia Greeves
Publisher: National Trust
Published: 2021-04-29
Total Pages: 1047
ISBN-13: 1911657364
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This captivating book, fully revised and updated and featuring more NT houses than ever before, is a guide to some of the greatest architectural treasures of Britain, encompassing both interior and exterior design. This new edition is fully revised and updated and includes entries for new properties including: Acorn Bank, Claife Viewing Station, Cushendun, Cwmdu, Fen Cottage, The Firs (birthplace of Edward Elgar), Hawker's Hut, Lizard Wireless Station, Totternhoe Knolls and Trelissick. The houses covered include spectacular mansions such as Petworth House and Waddesdon Manor, and more lowly dwellings such as the Birmingham Back to Backs and estate villages like Blaise Hamlet, near Bristol. In addition to houses, the book also covers fascinating buildings as diverse as churches, windmills, dovecotes, castles, follies, barns and even pubs. The book also acts as an overview of the country's architectural history, with every period covered, from the medieval stronghold of Bodiam Castle to the clean-lined Modernism of The Homewood. Teeming with stories of the people who lived and worked in these buildings: wealthy collectors (Charles Wade at Snowshill), captains of industry (William Armstrong at Cragside), prime ministers (Winston Churchill at Chartwell) and pop stars (John Lennon at Mendips). Written in evocative, imaginative prose and illustrated with glorious images from the National Trust's photographic library, this book is an essential guide to the built heritage of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.