County Durham by Elizabeth Williamson
The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles - Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton - conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale, in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.
Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-83), a distinguished scholar of art and architecture, was best known as editor of the 46-volume series The Buildings of England and as founding editor of The Pelican History of Art. Both of these prestigious series are currently published by Yale University Press. Richard Weston is professor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. He has published extensively on twentieth-century architecture, including his book Materials, Form, and Architecture, published by Yale University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300095999 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300095996 |
| Title | County Durham |
| Author | Elizabeth Williamson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 1983-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 516 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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