Great Houses of England & Wales

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Great Houses of England & Wales

In this chronological selection of thirty-two of the most notable houses in England and Wales, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes present a panoramic history of the evolution of the 'great house'. Featuring 32 notable residences of England's great families, including Highclere Castle, the real-life Downton Abby, featured on the book's cover. The selection tours acknowledged architectural masterpieces, such as Castle Howard, along with lesser-known delights, such as Tredegar â€“ one of a number of houses in this book that were closed to the public for many years. It is also a history of great families, seen as part of 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 called 'our chief national artistic achievement'.

The original photographs show the unexpected as well as the familiar â€“ the private rooms and the servants' quarters as well as the grand exteriors and state rooms, the gardens and noble landscapes. They include some of the most splendid examples of English art and architecture, from awe-inspiring medieval stone to the beauties of the English Renaissance, the classical grandeur of the eighteenth century and the highest excesses of the High Victorian taste; illustrating the work of Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Thomas Chippendale, William Kent, Robert Adam, and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.

Country	USA
Author	Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Binding	Hardcover
Creator	Christopher Simon Sykes
EAN	9781780672328
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	1780672322
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Laurence King Publishing
Manufacturer	Laurence King Publishing
MPN	illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	424
PartNumber	illustrations
PublicationDate	2014-09-02
Publisher	Laurence King Publishing
ReleaseDate	2014-09-02
Studio	Laurence King Publishing

Great Houses of England & Wales

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