Manolo Guerci is an architectural historian, and senior lecturer and BA RIBA Part 1 programme director at the Kent School of Architecture and Planning, University of Kent.

“This book presents discrete 11 studies of these outstanding buildings...Part of its fascination lies in the rich body of historical illustrations it assembles.”—John Goodall, Country Life“A beautifully produced book by Yale University Press. They always produce rather sumptuous books. It’s also a piece of detective work, about the great buildings that were created on the Strand between roughly the 1550s through to the 1650s.”—Paul Lay, Five Books ‘Best History Books of 2021’“How historic a gateway it was is the focus of Manolo Guerci’s sumptuously illustrated new book.”—Jack Watkins, Country Life“Manolo Guerci has pieced together clues from visual sources such as early maps and views of London, and knitted that information together with details gleaned from documentary sources...He has done an excellent job of conjuring up a lost urban landscape.”—Elizabeth Goldring, Times Literary Supplement

Manolo Guerci is an architectural historian, and senior lecturer and BA RIBA Part 1 programme director at the Kent School of Architecture and Planning, University of Kent.

“This book presents discrete 11 studies of these outstanding buildings...Part of its fascination lies in the rich body of historical illustrations it assembles.”—John Goodall, Country Life“A beautifully produced book by Yale University Press. They always produce rather sumptuous books. It’s also a piece of detective work, about the great buildings that were created on the Strand between roughly the 1550s through to the 1650s.”—Paul Lay, Five Books ‘Best History Books of 2021’“How historic a gateway it was is the focus of Manolo Guerci’s sumptuously illustrated new book.”—Jack Watkins, Country Life“Manolo Guerci has pieced together clues from visual sources such as early maps and views of London, and knitted that information together with details gleaned from documentary sources...He has done an excellent job of conjuring up a lost urban landscape.”—Elizabeth Goldring, Times Literary Supplement

Manolo Guerci is an architectural historian, and senior lecturer and BA RIBA Part 1 programme director at the Kent School of Architecture and Planning, University of Kent.

“This book presents discrete 11 studies of these outstanding buildings...Part of its fascination lies in the rich body of historical illustrations it assembles.”—John Goodall, Country Life“A beautifully produced book by Yale University Press. They always produce rather sumptuous books. It’s also a piece of detective work, about the great buildings that were created on the Strand between roughly the 1550s through to the 1650s.”—Paul Lay, Five Books ‘Best History Books of 2021’“How historic a gateway it was is the focus of Manolo Guerci’s sumptuously illustrated new book.”—Jack Watkins, Country Life“Manolo Guerci has pieced together clues from visual sources such as early maps and views of London, and knitted that information together with details gleaned from documentary sources...He has done an excellent job of conjuring up a lost urban landscape.”—Elizabeth Goldring, Times Literary Supplement