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Berwick-upon-Tweed
Adam Menuge
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Description for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Paperback. Presents something of the historic interest encapsulated in Berwick, Tweedmouth and Spittal, and explains how these places came to assume such varied and distinctive forms. This book urges that a town anxious for stability and prosperity in the future must know where it has come from as well as where it is going. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 124 pages, 130. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as `one of the most exciting towns in England' [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] - a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old streets and buildings. It attracts not only day-trippers and holidaymakers but also new residents who have learnt to appreciate the spirit of the place. But outsiders all too easily confine their attention to the space within the impressive Elizabethan ramparts, while local people are sometimes unaware or dismissive of the wider significance of the very things that they ... Read more
Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as `one of the most exciting towns in England' [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] - a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old streets and buildings. It attracts not only day-trippers and holidaymakers but also new residents who have learnt to appreciate the spirit of the place. But outsiders all too easily confine their attention to the space within the impressive Elizabethan ramparts, while local people are sometimes unaware or dismissive of the wider significance of the very things that they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Informed Conservation
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
Swindon, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848020290
SKU
V9781848020290
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Adam Menuge
Adam Menuge is a Senior Architectural Investigator with English Heritage Catherine Dewar is a Historic Areas Advisor with English Heritage
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