Wiltshire by Nikolaus Pevsner

Wiltshire by Nikolaus Pevsner

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This guide shows that from prehistoric Stonehenge and Avebury to railway age Swindon, the rolling countryside of Wiltshire encompasses every aspect of English building. Thirteenth-century Salisbury cathedral is set in a spacious close, within a planned medieval town.

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Wiltshire by Nikolaus Pevsner

From prehistoric Stonehenge and Avebury to railway age Swindon, the rolling countryside of Wiltshire encompasses every aspect of English building. Thirteenth-century Salisbury cathedral is set in a spacious close, within a planned medieval town, which boasts Georgian delights such as Mompesson House. Towns and villages range from Marlborough with its sweeping High Street to the exceptional Lacock, in the shadow of its abbey's remains, remodelled as an eighteenth-century Gothick fantasy. The great country houses include some of the finest in England: Palladian Wilton, with which Inigo Jones was involved, Stourhead set in its evocative classical landscape, the elegant eithteenth-century Bowood and the mellow Bath stone of Corsham Court.
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ISBN 13 9780300096590
ISBN 10 0300096593
Title Wiltshire
Author Nikolaus Pevsner
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 1975-03-11
Number of pages 652
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