Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) - Hardcover

Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300105835 ISBN 13: 9780300105834

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This complete guide to the buildings of South-East Lancashire features the proud municipal buildings and pioneering mills and transport structures at the heart of the great industrial city of Manchester. The book also offers full accounts of the suburbs, the city of Salford, and the industrial towns of Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, and Oldham, each with its own tradition of civic buildings and its own crop of talented local architects.

A general introduction to the volume provides a historical and artistic overview of South-East Lancashire’s architecture, and each city, town, or village is treated in a detailed gazetteer. Numerous maps and plans, over 100 new color photographs, full indexes, and an illustrated glossary complete this invaluable guide.

About this title

Book Description:

This complete guide to the buildings of South-East Lancashire features the proud municipal buildings and pioneering mills and transport structures at the heart of the city of Manchester. The book also encompasses surrounding areas, with a detailed gazetteer on each nearby city, town, and village and numerous maps, plans, and color photographs.

About the Author:

Clare Hartwell and Matthew Hyde are architectural historians based in Manchester. Clare Hartwell is the author of Manchester in the Pevsner City Guides series. The late Nikolaus Pevsner was founding editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300105835
• ISBN 13: 9780300105834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 832