Leicestershire & Rutland (Pevsner Architectural Guides) - Hardcover

Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300096186 ISBN 13: 9780300096187

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1985

Inhaltsangabe

Pevsner wrote that "Leicestershire is not a county of extremes" and agreed that "no other county in England surpasses Rutland for unspoiled quiet charm". The large and the small Midland counties possess a varied and rewarding range of buildings. Church architecture encompasses the classical Normanton, preserved in remote isolation from the flood of Rutland Water, to Market Harborough with its elegant medieval steeple, and a fine group of Victorian churches in Leicester. The major country houses include Belvoir Castle, Staunton Harold and Burley-on-the-Hill, while the more modest homes of the late nineteenth century include notable work by Ernest Gimson, Voysey and a garden city at Leicester by Parker & Unwin. Leicestershire also possesses fine modern buildings, from its architecturally progressive schools to the justly renowned buildings of Leicester University, dominated by Stirling & Gowan's Engineering Building.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300096186
• ISBN 13: 9780300096187
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576
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