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Warwickshire
Chris Pickford
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Description for Warwickshire
Hardback. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 906.
Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of England’s postwar modern architecture, notably the rebuilt city center of Coventry destroyed in the Blitz. Leamington Spa has fine terraces of the Regency period but most famous of all is the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born and educated and the houses associated with his family are preserved. Also featured are the area’s greatest country houses, from Tudor Compton Wynyates and the moated Baddesley Clinton ... Read more
Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of England’s postwar modern architecture, notably the rebuilt city center of Coventry destroyed in the Blitz. Leamington Spa has fine terraces of the Regency period but most famous of all is the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born and educated and the houses associated with his family are preserved. Also featured are the area’s greatest country houses, from Tudor Compton Wynyates and the moated Baddesley Clinton ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England
Condition
New
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300215601
SKU
V9780300215601
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Ref
99-50
About Chris Pickford
Chris Pickford is an archivist and historian born in Warwickshire.
Reviews for Warwickshire
"Provides inspiration for the next generation of research" — Stephen Price and Nicholas Molyneux, Vernacular Architecture "Retains all the old-world charm one would have enjoyed with the original; it’s a beautiful, quality edition, with colour photographs and illustrations." – Cotswold Life
Cotswold Life
“The latest, revised Pevsner guides continue to excel… he writes deftly, elegantly and concisely. With ... Read more
Cotswold Life
“The latest, revised Pevsner guides continue to excel… he writes deftly, elegantly and concisely. With ... Read more