Great Houses Of England Wales

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856690539
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Houses of England & Wales written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records thirty-two of the most important estates in words and photographs.

Author : Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks)
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN 13 : 9781780201382
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Most Amazing Stately Homes in Britain written by Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks) and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain’s stately homes and grand housesare among its greatest treasures, andThe Most Amazing Stately Homes inBritain brings you the grandest, mostmagnificent, eccentric and unusual ofthem all. This wonderfully illustratedregional touring guide describes eachhouse and tells its story, following theebb and flow of fortune and fame.Every house has something that setsit apart from the rest: the magnificentfour-storey Tudor tower (set in worldfamous gardens) of Sissinghurst inKent; sumptuous painted cloth wallhangingsof romantic Owlpen Manorin Gloucestershire; superb topiary atLevens Hall in Cumbria; sinister mythsof Blickling Hall in Norfolk and theenchanting Great Garden of Edzell Castlein Scotland, created in 1604 to stimulatethe mind and the senses. Discoverancient deer parks; exquisite collectionsof furniture, national treasures andbreathtaking views, to enjoy season-byseasonand year-round.The cover features Chatsworth inDerbyshire, one of Britain’s most famoushistoric houses and the fastest-growingpaid-for visitor attraction in 2010* withmore than 716,000 visitors. In May 2012Chatsworth featured in a popular threepartBBC1 documentary covering a yearbehind the scenes of the house and estate.

Author : James Reginato
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847848981
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats written by James Reginato and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning book presents the intriguing stories and celebrated histories of some of the leading families of Great Britain and Ireland and the opulent residences that have defined their heritages. The history of England is inextricably linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties and the great seats they have occupied for centuries. As the current owners speak of the critical roles their ancestors have played in the nation, they bring history alive. All of these houses have survived great wars, economic upheavals, and, at times, scandal. Filled with stunning photography, this book is a remarkably intimate and lively look inside some of Britain’s stateliest houses, with the modern-day aristocrats who live in them and keep them going in high style. This book presents a tour of some of England’s finest residences, with many of the interiors shown here for the first time. It includes Blenheim Palace—seven acres under one roof, eclipsing the splendor of any of the British royal family’s residences—property of the Dukes of Marlborough; the exquisite Old Vicarage in Derbyshire, last residence of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (née Deborah Mitford); Haddon Hall, a vast crenellated 900-year-old manor house belonging to the Dukes of Rutland that has been called the most romantic house in England; and the island paradises on Mustique and St. Lucia of the 3rd Baron Glenconner. This book is perfect for history buffs and lovers of traditional interior design and English country life.

Author : Anthony Emery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139449199
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern England written by Anthony Emery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of Anthony Emery's magisterial survey, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, first published in 2006. Across the three volumes Emery has examined afresh and re-assessed over 750 houses, the first comprehensive review of the subject for 150 years. Covered are the full range of leading homes, from royal and episcopal palaces to manor houses, as well as community buildings such as academic colleges, monastic granges and secular colleges of canons. This volume surveys Southern England and is divided into three regions, each of which includes a separate historical and architectural introduction as well as thematic essays prompted by key buildings. The text is complemented throughout by a wide range of plans and diagrams and a wealth of photographs showing the present condition of almost every house discussed. This is an essential source for anyone interested in the history, architecture and culture of medieval England and Wales.

Author : Margaret Willes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Interiors written by Margaret Willes and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These full-colour photographs show how the use of the rooms in National Trust houses have changed over the centuries and in so doing highlight the charms of a number of Britain's finest medieval, Georgian and Victorian properties.

Author : Michael Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429834918
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Bishops’ Houses in England and Wales written by Michael Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this book describes the surviving medieval remains there and the far more numerous manor houses and castles owned by the bishops, as well as their London houses. Apart from royal residences these are far the largest group of medieval domestic buildings of a single type that we have. The author describes how these buildings relate to the way of life of the bishops in relation to their duties and their income and how in particular the dramatic social changes of the later middle ages influenced their form. The work of the great bishop castle-builders of the 12th century is discussed, as are the general history of the medieval house with its early influence from the Continent, the changes in style of hall and chamber (still controversial) and its climax in the great courtyard houses of Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York. The book includes over a hundred plans, sections and photographs of the surviving parts of bishops’ residences, with a survey of 1647 of the Archbishop’s palace at Canterbury before demolition.

Author : Anthony Emery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521581318
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Volume 2, East Anglia, Central England and Wales written by Anthony Emery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of a massive, illustrated survey of the greater houses of medieval England and Wales, first published in 1996.

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845091064
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Houses of England and Wales written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'. The selection tours acknowledged architectural masterpieces, such as Castle Howard, along with lesser-known delights, such as Tredegar - 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 - 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.

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9780141024127
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wales written by Simon Jenkins and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the great citadels of Caernarvon, Harlech, Powis and Beaumaris in the north, to the Victorian glories of Cardiff in the south, St David's cathedral ('the loveliest church in Wales') in the west to the exquisite little hill church of Patrishow in the east, from Plas Newydd above the Menai Straits to the romantic citadel of Carreg Cennan in the heart of the country, the buildings of Wales embody its history and are the equal of any in the British Isles. Simon Jenkins has travelled, it seems, every mile of the country to celebrate, and in some cases to find the very best of them, and irresistibly conveys in this book his enthusiasm for them. Cumulatively they amount to a cultural history of Wales by one of its most devoted sons. Anyone who is visiting Wales or who loves it will want to own this glorious book.

Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566192507
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Intelligent Traveller's Guide to Historic Britain written by Philip Axtell Crowl and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: