Item Number: 127795 Title: East Dorset Country Houses Author: Hill, Michael Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781904965466 Description: Dorset: Spire Books, 2013. 28cm., hardcover, 440pp., 37 color, 160 b&w illus. Summary: A superbly researched and illustrated account of country houses in eastern Dorset. This book contains numerous plans architectural drawings, information on owners architects and craftsmen, and covers the whole social and historical background which led to their creation. Ranging from the medieval palace buildings at Corfe Castle erected for King John, to minor masterpieces of the Modern Movement, such as Landfall, Poole, by Oliver Hill, over 30 major buildings are described in detail. 80 others, find a place in an illustrated gazetteer. The account includes important work by William Arnold, a major architect of the Jacobean period, and the 18th-century houses produced by the so-called 'Blandford School'. Large late Victorian mansions are represented too, especially the palatial Bryanston House, designed by the great Norman Shaw. This book is for anyone who loves country houses or the astonishly beautiful county of Dorset. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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