Great British Architecture

Daniel Wilson has become huge across social media by exploring Britain’s incredible built heritage. Under @greatbritisharchitecture he posts the stories he uncovers about the nation’s incredible array of historical buildings for a fast-growing audience.Chris Henton is an illustrator from Edinburgh. Having studied History at university, his work is inspired by a deep fascination with traditional architecture. Combining a love of travel and drawing, he explores the character and detail of buildings through intricate, hand-crafted illustrations. His approach reflects a passion for uncovering the rich heritage and stories embedded in architecture, using pencil, pen and watercolour to bring them to life on the page.

'A beautiful book and veritable treasure trove of some of the incredibly varied architecture this country has to offer, from awe-inspiring cathedrals down to humble and overlooked gems'.

• Introduction1. Built in the Mists of Time: Architecture before the Norman ConquestBroch of Mousa, ShetlandPevenesey Castle, SussexThe Temple of Augustus, Surrey St John's Escomb, County DurhamSt Peter's Barton-upon-Humber, LincolnshireSt Andrew's Greensted, EssexSt Andrew's East Lexham, NorfolkSt Mary's Wortham, SuffolkSt George's Shimpling, NorfolkSt Andrew's Bramfield, SuffolkAbernathy Round Tower, Perthshire2. The Evolution of Ecclesiastical Architecture: Religious Buildings in Medieval BritainSt Mary's Lastingham, YorkshireSt Magnus' Cathedral Kirkwall, OrkneySt Michael's Garway, HerefordshireSt David's Cathedral, PembrokeshireBinham Priory, Norfolk St Andrew's Cathedral, FifeLeominster Priory, HerefordshireOttery St Mary, DevonFree Chapel, Hodgeston, PembrokeshireCartmel Priory, CumbriaSt Peter and St Paul Lavenham, SuffolkSt Peter's Mancroft, NorfolkSt Mary's Boxford, SuffolkSt Endmund's Southwold, East SuffolkSt Peter's Walpole, NorfolkWinchester Cathedral, Hampshire Rosslyn Chapel, MidlothianSt Winefride's Well, Flintshire3. From Reformation to Revolution: Two Centuries of Change and ExperimentationLayer Marney Tower, EssexHampton Court, MiddlesexChester Cathedral, Cheshire Tintern Abbey, MonmouthshireLacock Abbey, WiltshireWymondham Abbey, NorfolkThe Vyne, Hampshire Hardwick Hall, DerbyshireSt Mary's Hospital Chichester, West Sussex Charterhouse, LondonJohn Cowane’s Hospital, StirlingshireGascoigne Almshouses, YorkshireFosters Almshouse, BristolCulross Palace, FifeBanqueting House, London Feathers Inn Ludlow, ShropshireRycote Chapel, OxfordshireRhug Chapel, DenbighshireDore Abbey, HerefordshireSt Mary’s Grandtully, PerthshireHoly Trinity Chapel, Staunton Harold, LeicestershireStokesay Castle, Shropshire 4. Bringing the World to Britain: The Extravagant Eclecticism of Georgian and Victorian ArchitectureRadcliffe Camera, OxfordshireDuff House, AberdeenshireWentworth Woodhouse, South YorkshireSt John's Shobdon, HerefordshireDunmore Pineapple, Stirlingshire National Monument of Scotland, EdinburghPenshaw Monument, Tyne and WearFountains Abbey, YorkshireSezincote House, Gloucestershire Egyptian House, Penzance, CornwallWatts Warehouse, Manchester Red House, Bexley Heath, LondonBristol Museum & Art Gallery, BristolBristol University Wills Memorial Tower, BristolSt Giles’ RC Church, Cheadle, StaffordshireCardiff Castle, GlamorganKing’s College, AberdeenGlasgow University, GlasgowBirmingham University, BirminghamCardiff University, GlamorganLord Street, Southport, LancashireBowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham5. Architecture of Broken Dreams: The Fateful Optimism of the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesCastle Drogo, Devon St Conan’s Kirk, Loch Awe, Argyle and ButeShrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, NorfolkBarbican Estate, LondonOrford Ness, SuffolkLiverpool Cathedral, MerseysidePoundbury Estate, Dorchester, DorsetSt Paul's Heights, LondonSt Edmundsbury Cathedral, NorfolkGlossaryIndexes About the author and illustrator