COUNTRY HOUSE GARDENS by Gervase Jacksonstops

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COUNTRY HOUSE GARDENS by Gervase Jacksonstops

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Summary

A survey of the gardens and landscape settings of the great country houses of Britain, many of them in the care of the National Trust. This book places them within the context of evolving architectural style, garden fashion and contemporary thought.

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COUNTRY HOUSE GARDENS by Gervase Jacksonstops

A survey of the gardens and landscape settings of the great country houses of Britain, many of them in the care of the National Trust. Placed in a context of evolving architectural style, garden fashion and contemporary thought, this book would appeal to all country house admirers. The author focuses on the details of individual garden features together with a wider appreciation of overall design demonstrating the changing philosophical attitudes to nature that have made the great gardens of the past as rich and complex a mirror of history as the houses they surround.

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ISBN 13 9781857936193
ISBN 10 1857936191
Title COUNTRY HOUSE GARDENS
Author Gervase Jacksonstops
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1995-04-20
Number of pages 216
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.