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• Book Title: The latest country houses
• Author: John Martin Robinson
• ISBN: 0370305620
• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Year Published: 1984
• Our Price: £31.35 GBP ($53.30 USD)
• Description: The Bodley Head 1984: first edition hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 70.5 x 10.5 inches tall: 240 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Synopsis: A survey of Country House building in Britain since the Second World War, featuring approximately 200 houses which were built to country house standards , often in the Neo- Georgian style of architecture, and commissioned by landowners, wishing to update or renew their stately homes. A Gazetteer of the important post-war country houses built in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland is included. Contents:- Introduction. 1) The architectural background.2) Social change and continuity.3) Mods and Baroquers.4) Old Georgians.5) Architects errant.6) The mainstream.7) Moderns.8) The new Palladians.9) Gentlemen Amateurs. Postscript. Gazetteer. Photographic acknowledgements. Index. Condition very clean and good overall.
• Condition: New
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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