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Shropshire
John Newman
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Description for Shropshire
Hardback. The unspoiled county of Shropshire is among the most appealing in England for lovers of architecture. This work treats each city, town or village, with an introduction providing a historical and artistic overview. It includes maps and plans, over a hundred colour photographs, indexes and an illustrated glossary. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 805 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMP; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 124 x 43. Weight in Grams: 894.
This fully-illustrated guide to Shropshire treats each city, town, and village in a detailed gazetteer and includes a variety of helpful maps, plans, and indexes along with an illustrated glossary. The book is an invaluable reference work on the appealing and unspoiled county of Shropshire, where many historic towns, including Shrewsbury and Ludlow, are especially plentiful in Georgian and timber-framed buildings. Shropshire boasts the Cistercian abbey of Buildwas and many important country houses, including the 13th-century fortified mansions at Acton Burnell and Stokesay; John Nash's Italianate villa at Cronkhill; and Norman Shaw's splendid Late Victorian mansion at Adcote. Shropshire is ... Read more
This fully-illustrated guide to Shropshire treats each city, town, and village in a detailed gazetteer and includes a variety of helpful maps, plans, and indexes along with an illustrated glossary. The book is an invaluable reference work on the appealing and unspoiled county of Shropshire, where many historic towns, including Shrewsbury and Ludlow, are especially plentiful in Georgian and timber-framed buildings. Shropshire boasts the Cistercian abbey of Buildwas and many important country houses, including the 13th-century fortified mansions at Acton Burnell and Stokesay; John Nash's Italianate villa at Cronkhill; and Norman Shaw's splendid Late Victorian mansion at Adcote. Shropshire is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
787
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England
Condition
New
Weight
893g
Number of Pages
787
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300120837
SKU
V9780300120837
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Ref
99-50
About John Newman
John Newman taught history of architecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, until his retirement. He was advisory editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides from 1983 to 2003 and is the author of several volumes in The Buildings of England and The Buildings of Wales series.
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