Designed to encourage exploration, this pocket-sized guidebook to British architecture provides a delightful primer on building styles. It’s packed with informative, charming drawings; presents an outline of how different movements developed; and places each building in its cultural and historical context. The buildings that receive specific attention are Burghley House and Castle Howard.
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About the Author:
Hubert Pragnell is head of the art department at the King's School, Canterbury. He has also written and illustrated Industrial Britain: An Architectural History..
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- PublisherBatsford
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0713487887
- ISBN 13 9780713487886
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number3
- Number of pages352