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This authoritative guide, the companion to Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, covers a vast area marked by tremendous diversity of both landscape and buildings. The territory is rich in medieval churches and castles, 17th-century houses and 18th-century mansions, yet it is also deservedly famous for its outstanding 19th- and 20th-century ecclesiastical, civic, commercial and industrial buildings. Major examples of every period of English architecture are represented, from Selby Abbey to the palatial country house of the Earls Fitzwilliam at Wentworth Woodhouse, and from Halifax Town Hall to Sheffield's Park Hill flats and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield. In the fine Pevsner tradition, this book situates the region's full array of buildings within geological, local, national, and international contexts.

The landscapes range from the shores of Morecambe Bay and the wild Forest of Bowland in the north to the coastal flatlands and Pennine mill towns in the south. Lancaster, the historic county town, boasts some of the finest Georgian buildings in northern England. This book features numerous maps and color photographs of the area.

A guide to the architectural treasures of Westminster, covering the Abbey, Parliament, the Royal Parks, London's West End, Belgravia and Pimlico. For each area there is a detailed gazetteer and brief introduction. Maps, plans, photographs and an illustrated glossary are provided.

Covers some of England's grandest country houses in Northamptonshire such as the Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the Jacobean mansion at Apethorpe, the late seventeenth-century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor's stately Baroque Easton Neston and the interiors of Althorp that provide a survey of changing taste through the centuries.

A comprehensive guide to the buildings of Worcestershire: the fine Gothic cathedral of Worcester, the splendid remains of the abbeys and priories at Pershore, Evesham, and Malvern, and the many parish churches with their rich inheritance of Norman work.

This volume on London architecture covers the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington. It gives a view of London's expansion northward from formal Georgian squares, to the hill towns of Hampstead and Highgate.

This volume aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the architectural treasures of Norfolk. It brings together research on a county which has some of the most attractive buildings in England. Pre-eminent in this volume is the city of Norwich.

This volume sheds light on the pride of the region - the great medieval churches of York Minster, the Minster and St Mary at Beverley, and Holy Trinity at Hull, but also on less well known architectural pleasures of town and county.

This volume covers some of the finest landscape and architecture in southern England, much of it set within the South Downs National Park. The county's small towns and villages feature a pleasing mix of stone, timber, and brick houses of every period. Among numerous atmospheric country houses are the Tudor ruins of Cowdray, the Elizabethan mansion at Parham, and the French-inspired Petworth in its great park, famously captured in Turner's paintings. On the grandest scale is the mighty Arundel Castle, seat of the Duke of Norfolk, while Chichester, the only city in West Sussex, boasts one of the country's most important 12th-century cathedrals. Among many major ecclesiastical and educational establishments built in the 19th century, none is more impressive than Lancing College set high above the coast. New research accompanies 130 specially commissioned color photographs in this authoritative and expert guide.

A comprehensive guide to the buildings of the Isle of Wight. It explores the beguiling architecture of the many towns, villages and resorts. It offers a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It features illustrations, maps and plans, colour photographs, indexes and an illustrated glossary.

Full of memorable and surprising buildings, Nottinghamshire is a county that rewards close investigation. Country houses such as Wollaton Hall, Bunny Hall and Newstead Abbey are explored, as are the great medieval churches.

Although so close to London this is still a rural area, with quiet country churches with fine monuments, timber-framed farmhouses, and some splendid country houses, of which the most celebrated is Cecil's Jacobean Hatfield House. Also included are St Albans, Hertford, and Hitchin.

A city of Canterbury, Kent is the county's greatest treasure, and its glorious cathedral is the first mature example of Gothic architecture in England. This book covers the exceptionally rich architecture of eastern Kent.

A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the buildings in one of the best-loved and most beautiful areas of England. Major buildings include great medieval wool churches and grand country houses such as Badminton and Dyrham, besides some remarkable relics of the early Industrial Revolution.

This volume, a companion to Hampshire: Winchester and the North, covers the county's southern half, from the woodland and heath of the New Forest to the cities along the Solent, and from remote Saxon churches to Modernist seaside villas. The original text has been fully revised to include new research and 130 specially commissioned color photographs. The guide explores major ecclesiastical monuments at Romsey, the Bishop of Winchester's palace at Bishops Waltham, and the remains of the great post-Dissolution houses at Beaulieu and Titchfield. At Southampton is one of England's best preserved medieval town walls, while at Portsmouth the structures of the 18th- and 19th-century Royal Navy dockyard are among the most important of their kind. Amid all this beauty are traces of conflict, from the Roman fort at Portchester, to the coastal castles of Henry VIII's rule, to the relics of the Normandy invasions of 1944.

Including maps, plans, and colour photographs, this work is a guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. It contains a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It also features the great port of Liverpool, with its cathedrals, mighty commercial buildings and warehouses, and Georgian inner city.

The first edition of Oxfordshire, published in 1974, is revised and expanded in two volumes. Oxfordshire: North and West will be followed by Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South East.

The architecture of Warwickshire possesses a picturesque elegance that is wonderfully represented in this newly updated guide. 120 colour illus.

A companion to the architecture of Cambridgeshire, in which the first half is devoted to the famous University city, with its rich and varied inheritance of college buildings.

Cornwall is a land apart. Here are some of the richest and best preserved prehistoric and medieval landscapes in Britain. Its medieval churches show monumental Norman fonts, accomplished C14 sculpture, striking C15 west towers and generously proportioned C15 and C16 aisles, with a wealth of medieval and Renaissance bench ends.

A volume of "The Buildings of England" that covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of Sussex county to the massive ridge of the South Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the coast. It also features castles at Camber, Bodiam and fortified town walls at Rye and Winchelsea that attest to its military past.

A comprehensive guide to the buildings of Cheshire in their variety, from Pennine villages to coastal plains and seaside resorts.

Essex is one the largest counties of England, stretching from the suburban fringes of East London to the fishing and sailing ports of Harwich and Maldon and the famous seaside resorts of Clacton, Frinton and Southend. This book talks about its buildings, which encompass rich Roman survivals, powerful Norman architecture, and more.

A comprehensive guide to the 12 southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court and Greenwich and the Georgian delights of Richmond, to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth and Southwark.

The county's varied military architecture, from Hadrian's Wall to Warkworth, contrasts with monastic ruins buried deep in the valleys of the Coquet and the Aln or standing by the sea at Holy Island and Tynemouth. This work also covers great country houses.

Exeter Cathedral is but the crowning glory of Devon's wealth of medieval churches, replete with sumptuous fittings and monuments. The county's peak of prosperity is reflected too in its castles, its secluded manor houses, and its scores of sturdily built farmhouses.

Kent is home to an extraordinary amount of first-rate architecture, from the timber-framed houses of the Weald and the spacious cathedral of Rochester to the planned, modernist suburb of New Ash Green and the docks of Dungeness. This title offers an architectural survey of West Kent suitable for students and travellers.

This second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval churches are also explored.