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This work covers the English county of Berkshire. Stretching from the fringes of London, Berkshire originally covered much of present day Oxfordshire. The variety of architecture is, consequently, broad and remarkable, from the towns of the home c...

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The most authoritative guide to the Lake District and surrounding area, this volume covers the outstanding vernacular architecture, unspoiled historic towns, and fine Victorian and Arts and Crafts houses throughout the region, and ranges from the ...

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The West Riding of Yorkshire was the largest of Englands historic counties. This volume, the first of two for the area, covers the northern half of the territory from the outskirts of York to the edge of the Lake District. It is full of contrasts,...

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The landscapes of Lancashire 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 b...

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Cornwall was the first volume in the Buildings of England series, published in 1951. This extensively revised edition brings much new research to bear on the history of the countys buildings, beginning with its rich prehistoric remains and early C...

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A comprehensive guide to the buildings of Cheshire in all their variety, from Pennine villages to coastal plains and seaside resorts. Chester, the regional capital and cathedral city, is famous for its Roman walls and black-and-white timber archit...

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The East Sussex volume of The Buildings of England covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive ridge of the South Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the coast. Its coastal resorts are particula...

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Some of England's grandest country houses are to be found in this prosperous rural county. The Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the Jacobean mansion at Apethorpe, the late 17th-century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor's stately Bar...

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An expanded and fully revised edition of John Newman's classic survey of the buildings of West Kent, first published in 1969. Here is an extraordinary concentration of architecture of the first rank, and an immense variety of landscape and to...

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This authoritative survey of east Suffolk includes some of Englands most beautiful landscapes, including Constable Country, the land surrounding the River Stour that was home to John Constable. East Suffolks rural landscape includes a variety of i...

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From small timber-framed houses to sprawling manors, this comprehensive guide to west Suffolk presents an impressive range of buildings from across the centuries. At its center lies the town of Bury St. Edmunds, site of one of Norman Englands most...

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This is the essential companion to the architecture of Cambridgeshire, fully revised for the first time in sixty years and featuring superb new photography. Half of the book is devoted to the famous university city, with its astonishingly rich and...

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This expertly revised and enlarged survey is the perfect architectural companion to one of Englands most beautiful regions. From the misty Levels to the heights of Exmoor and the Mendips, the Somerset landscape is enriched by buildings of outstand...

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Bedfordshire is one of the smallest English counties but encompasses great variety in landscape and architecture. Its major monument is Woburn Abbey, one of the finest Georgian country houses in England, and the influence of the estate is widely f...

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This is the essential guide to the architecture of Pevsners county of contrasts, home to an amazingly diverse assortment of landmarks. Among Derbyshires many distinguished country houses are Haddon Hall and Hardwick Hall. 17th-century highlights i...

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Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of Englands postwar modern architecture, notabl...

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The newly revised Pevsner guide covering the very best of Staffordshires buildings and architectural features This expanded and updated guide to the architecture of Staffordshire completes the revised Buildings of England series. The countys highl...

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With even more entries and more vocabulary words, this second edition of Pevsner's Architectural Glossary covers the complete range of technical terms used in the storied guides. Pevsner's famous designations E. E. and Perp. are among the terms cl...

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This fully revised and up-to-date guide to the architecture of Hertfordshire is an eye-opening introduction to the wealth of fine buildings that can be found right on Londons doorstep. Hertfordshire is one of the smallest English counties, largely...

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The latest revised volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides, covering Birmingham and the towns and settlements of the Black Country This fully revised account of the buildings of the City of Birmingham, its suburbs and outskirts, and the adjacen...

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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-centur...

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Fully revised, updated, and expanded, this book offers a fresh and comprehensive account of the buildings of Dorset, one of Englands best-loved and most beautiful counties. With its wonderful variety of building stones, Dorset offers visual pleasu...

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This volume, a companion to Hampshire: Winchester and the North, covers the countys 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 origin...

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A comprehensive guide to County Durham, one of Northern Englands most fascinating and architecturally diverse counties This volume surveys one of northern Englands most varied and rewarding counties. County Durham, flanked by the rivers Tyne and T...

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A richly illustrated exploration of the architecture of one of Englands hidden gemsNottinghamshire This volume offers an enlightening introduction to the memorable and surprising buildings of one of Englands least-known counties. Located in the ce...

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The indispensable guide to the architectural heritage of Wiltshire With hundreds of buildings added to the new gazetteer, this volume offers a fully revised and updated guide to Wiltshire. From prehistoric Stonehenge and thirteenth-century Salisbu...

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The first complete revision of Pevsners original volume on the North Riding of Yorkshire, from the fells on the Westmorland border to the edges of York Providing unrivalled coverage of the area, this volume offers a fully revised and updated guide...

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The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, with two contrasting styles emerging--Art Nouveau and the International Style. Professor Pevsner brings a new clarity to an often confusing ...

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An updated edition of this classic title on the origins of 20th-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts. The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, leading to the emergence...

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Originally published in 1937, this book was created to provide a survey of the conditions and artistic value of design in British industries. Through interviews with manufacturers, managers of department stores and shops, principals and teachers o...

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