Buildings of the Land - Hardcover

Miles Glendinning

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190241957X ISBN 13: 9781902419572

Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland, 2009

Synopsis

The story of the changing countryside of Scotland can be traced through its buildings. All the successive phases of agricultural development - from the 18th century revolution of 'Improvement' to the factory farming of the 20th century - are recorded in stone, concrete and steel. The result of over ten years' research by RCAHMS, this is the first book to record the farm buildings of Scotland as a whole. The result is a volume vividly illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs covering a wide variety of building types - from great estates and lowland steadings to highland crofts - and tracing their evolution against the development of Scottish agriculture over the past 300 years. Susanna Wade Martins and Miles Glendinning present a fascinating story of diversity and change, which will be of great interest to those concerned with agricultural, architectural, social and landscape history, and the future of Scotland's countryside.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190241957X
• ISBN 13: 9781902419572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200