The Last Country Houses
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The Last Country Houses
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Author : Clive Aslet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Last Country Houses written by Clive Aslet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Architecture categories.
The magnificent country houses built in Britain between 1890 and 1939 were the last monuments to a vanishing age. Many of these great mammoths of domestic architecture were unsuited to the changes in economic and social priorities that followed the two world wars, and rapidly became extinct. Those that survive, however, provide tangible evidence of the life and death of an extraordinarily prosperous age.The fascinating world, so vividly depicted in Evelyn Waughs Brideshead Revisited, can now be viewed from a new perspective. The Last Country Houses will enlighten all those interested in glimpsing the lost life style of another age.
The Country Houses Of Sir John Vanbrugh
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Author : Jeremy Musson
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2008
The Country Houses Of Sir John Vanbrugh written by Jeremy Musson and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Architecture categories.
The country houses designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) are some of the most original and memorable works of architecture in Britain. He was rightly judged 'The Shakespeare of architects' by Sir John Soane, and was the designer of Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, two of the great iconic houses of their age. He also designed or remodelled a string of amazing country houses, sometimes described as 'enchanted castles' such as Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland and Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. Vanbrugh's life was even more remarkable than his houses. The son of a merchant of Dutch extraction, his grandfather left Haarlem to avoid religious persecution as a protestant; his mother was related to many of the great landed families of the day, including the Earl of Abingdon and the Duke of Devonshire. He began his career as a merchant, travelled to India in the service of the East India Company, served as an army officer, was arrested, as a civilian in France and imprisoned on suspicion of being a spy, worked as both playwright and theatrical impresario, writing and producing successful comedies such as The Relapse and then, in 1699 he turned his lively mind to architecture. This new book, brings together 200 of the finest photographs of his country houses, taken for Country Life magazine over the last 100 years, and is introduced by a short biography covering his remarkable life and character and his important relationship with his assistant, Nicholas Hawksmoor. The breathtaking colour and duotone images that illustrate the book are accompanied with well-researched and readable accounts of his great houses and their landscapes. Jeremy Musson is an architectural historian, writer and broadcaster who worked for Country Life for 12 years, first as architectural writer and then as architectural editor; he has also worked as a curator for the National Trust and presented a popular BBC 2 series The Curious House Guest and is author of The English Manor House and How to Read a Country House.
England S Lost Houses
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Author : Giles Worsley
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2002
England S Lost Houses written by Giles Worsley and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Of all the photographs in Country Life's archives, none are more poignant or intriguing than the images of houses that have been lost. This text puts the lost country houses of England in historical context and explains why so many were destroyed.
The Last Country Houses
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Author : Clive Aslet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985-01-01
The Last Country Houses written by Clive Aslet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with History categories.
The magnificent country houses built in Britain between 1890 and 1939 were the last monuments to a vanishing age. Many of these great mammoths of domestic architecture were unsuited to the changes in economic and social priorities that followed the two world wars, and rapidly became extinct. Those that survive, however, provide tangible evidence of the life and death of an extraordinarily prosperous age.The fascinating world, so vividly depicted in Evelyn Waughs Brideshead Revisited, can now be viewed from a new perspective. The Last Country Houses will enlighten all those interested in glimpsing the lost life style of another age.
American Country Houses Of The Gilded Age
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Author : A. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-03-21
American Country Houses Of The Gilded Age written by A. Lewis and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with Architecture categories.
Reproduces all of Sheldon's fascinating and historically important photographs and plans for a total of 97 buildings (93 houses, 4 casinos) built during the 1880s. Approximately 200 illustrations.
The Long Weekend
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Author : Adrian Tinniswood
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-06-02
The Long Weekend written by Adrian Tinniswood and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-02 with History categories.
'A masterpiece of social history' Daily Mail There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend gives a voice to the people who inhabited this world and shows how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how the reality was so much more interesting than the dream.
American Country Houses Of Today An Illustrated Account Of Some Excellent Houses Built And Gardens Planted During The Last Few Years 1915
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Author : Samuel Howe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-06
American Country Houses Of Today An Illustrated Account Of Some Excellent Houses Built And Gardens Planted During The Last Few Years 1915 written by Samuel Howe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06 with categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
American Country Houses Of To Day
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Author : Samuel Howe
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-26
American Country Houses Of To Day written by Samuel Howe and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-26 with Architecture categories.
Excerpt from American Country Houses of to-Day: An Illustrated Account of Some Excellent Houses Built and Gardens Planted During the Last Few Years, Showing Unmistakable Influence of the Modern Trend in Ideals Architectural T is said that no part of a book is so intimate as the preface, where it is the privilege of the author to address the public in an informal man ner, explaining, Why the book? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Country Houses Of Gloucestershire 1500 1660
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Author : Nicholas Kingsley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-09-29
The Country Houses Of Gloucestershire 1500 1660 written by Nicholas Kingsley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-29 with History categories.
This is a new edition of the book that helped to establish a new canon of country house studies and inspire a national series, county by county. Almost a new book, it incorporates the results of additional research in the last 12 years. The great wealth of documents, drawings and printed sources in archives and libraries has been systematically exploited to throw light on the history of more than a 130 significant houses. This book will have great appeal to students of architectural, social and local history and to the general reader alike.
Old Homes New Life
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Author : Clive Aslet
language : en
Publisher: Triglyph Books
Release Date : 2020-07
Old Homes New Life written by Clive Aslet and has been published by Triglyph Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07 with Architecture categories.
- Each of the 12 houses will be featured in national and international press to announce the book- In the UK, the media includes Tatler, House & Garden, Country Life, The English Home, and Telegraph Luxury Online- In the US, the media includes Town & Country, Architectural Digest Online, The AD Aesthete Podcast, Air Mail, and DeparturesThis book is a sumptuously produced journey around 12 privately-owned country houses, asking what it is like to live in such places today. What role do they play in the 21st century? For many years after the Second World War, the country house was struggling. Now a new generation of young owners, often with children, has taken over. They're finding innovative ways to live in these ancient, fragile and poetic places. While they treasure the history and beauty of the houses, they're also adapting and enhancing them for a modern era. Old Homes, New Life is a behind-the-scenes account of today's aristocracy, as they reinvent the country house way of life. Each family does this in its own way, maintaining the tradition of individualism, even eccentricity, which is so much associated with country houses. Dylan Thomas's superb yet intimate photographs capture both the inhabitants of these houses and the spaces they occupy - from State dining to family kitchen, walled garden to attic. This feast for the eyes is accompanied by an equally mouth-watering text by Clive Aslet, based on interviews with family members and his long experience of the subject through his years as editor of Country Life. The result is an exclusive tour of a dozen spectacular homes.