COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN by Jackson-Stops Gervase

COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN by Jackson-Stops Gervase

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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.

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COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN by Jackson-Stops Gervase

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. Gervase Jackson-Stops is architectural adviser to the National Trust.
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ISBN 13 9781851454419
ISBN 10 1851454411
Title COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN
Author Jackson-Stops Gervase
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1991-08-15
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.