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Buckinghamshire
Nikolaus Pevsner
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Description for Buckinghamshire
Hardcover. This new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer outer-London, with its early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 832 pages, 64pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 924.
This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London, with its important early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon. The Saxon Church at Wing, the exquisite seventeenth-century Winslow Hall, and Slough's twentieth-century factories all contribute to Buckinghamshire's rich inheritance. In this new edition, the unspoilt centres of small towns, like Amersham and Buckingham, are revisited and Milton Keynes, Britain's last and most ambitious New Town, is explained and explored. The rich diversity of rural buildings, built of stone, brick, timber, and ... Read more
This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London, with its important early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon. The Saxon Church at Wing, the exquisite seventeenth-century Winslow Hall, and Slough's twentieth-century factories all contribute to Buckinghamshire's rich inheritance. In this new edition, the unspoilt centres of small towns, like Amersham and Buckingham, are revisited and Milton Keynes, Britain's last and most ambitious New Town, is explained and explored. The rich diversity of rural buildings, built of stone, brick, timber, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
832
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Series
Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England
Condition
New
Number of Pages
832
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300095845
SKU
V9780300095845
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