Houses An Architectural Guide

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 felt in the model housing and schools in the countyand#8217;s villages. Its many other attractions range from the churches of the market towns of Bedford, Leighton Buzzard, and Ampthill to the majestic gardens at Wrest Park. Such variety is also to be found in Huntingdonshire and Peterborough, famous not only for the cathedral and the spires of the stone medieval parish churches scattered across its remote and intimate landscape but also for vast and stately Burghley House and Vanbrughand#8217;s Kimbolton Castle. This a fully revised edition of Pevsnerand#8217;s original guide of 1968 and contains separate introductions, gazetteers, and photographs for Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough.and#160;

Revised for the first time in 45 years, this comprehensive volume encompasses the varied landscape and architecture of three counties to the north of London.

An enthusiast's guide to exploring historic houses of England, this informative book also enables readers to discover more about the history of their own houses. Users can learn to interpret domestic architecture, identify period styles, uncover the origins of a building, and understand why rooms are arranged in particular sequences, why window and chimney designs change through history, or why staircases are presented in a certain fashion. Color photography and informative line drawings illustrate the explanations and provide a rich visual history of domestic architecture from the earliest surviving dwellings to the most avant-garde developments.

An enthusiastandrsquo;s guide to exploring historic houses of Great Britain, this informative book provides a rich visual history of domestic architecture from the earliest surviving dwellings to the most avant-garde developments.

Charles Oand#39;Brien is joint series editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides. He studied History of Art at University College London before joining the Historic Buildings Department of the National Trust. He moved to the Pevsner Guides in 1997 and has been co-author of London 5: East (2005) and author of the revised edition of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough (2014). He has contributed to the volumes on Yorkshire West Riding: North (2009)and#160;Hampshire: North (2010);and#160;and Sussex: East (2013) in theand#160;Buildings of England series and to Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (2015) in the Buildings of Scotland series. He is presently working on the volume for Hampshire: South. He is a member of Historic Englandand#39;s Advisory Committee and London Advisory Committee.