In this chronological selection of 32 of the most notable houses in England and Wales, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes present a stunning visual history of the evolution of the `great house', including Castle Howard, Chatsworth and Highclere Castle (familiar to television viewers as `Downton Abbey'). 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 ...
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In this chronological selection of 32 of the most notable houses in England and Wales, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes present a stunning visual history of the evolution of the `great house', including Castle Howard, Chatsworth and Highclere Castle (familiar to television viewers as `Downton Abbey'). 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, illustrating the work of Inigo Jones, John Vanbrugh, Thomas Chippendale, Robert Adam and Lancelot `Capability' Brown.
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Near Fine in very good + jacket. First edition, 1994. Large quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 424 pp., heavily illustrated (in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, some rubbing and wear to the edges of the book's covers, a bit of creasing or tearing to the tips of the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. This large, heavy book might require an additional postage charge.
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VG-/Good+ (overall shelfwear to dust jacket with small tears) Black boards with gilt letters on spine, black & color illustrated dust jacket, illustrated flyleaves, 424 pp., 420 color illustrations. Presented here are thirty-two notable buildings and their estates that represent a characteristically English combination of architectural splendor and domestic comfort. This chronological selection presents a panoramic history of the evolution of the great house from Elizabethan through Edwardian times and up to the present ongoing battle for preservation. Acknowledged architectural masterpieces as well as lesser-known houses represent the work of Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and Robert Adam among many other celebrated architects. The photographs, specially taken for this volume, show the familiar as well as the unexpected. In addition to splendid state rooms, grand exteriors and gardens there are photographs of private rooms and servants' quarters. These illuminating photographs offer access to the houses from an insider's point of view, presenting contemporary homes rather than museum interiors. The informed text combines architectural and social history with the individual stories of the great families and 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 in his preface to Brideshead Revisited called "Britain's chief national artistic achievement."-dust jacket.
