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PublisherQuarto Publishing Group UK

ISBN-10071123924X

ISBN-139780711239241

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038710785

Product Key Features

Book TitleSecret Houses of the Cotswolds

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDesign & Construction, Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, Buildings / Residential, History / Medieval, Regional, Europe / Great Britain, Sociology / Rural

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, House & Home, Architecture, Social Science, Photography

AuthorJeremy Musson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight35.9 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width9.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Unless you're lucky enough to be on dinner party terms with the owners, there are many historic treasures you're unlikely to ever peer behind the doors of, but thanks to this beautiful book all that has changed. Sumptuous full-colour images lovingly laid out across spreads to great effect, showing everything from seeping lawns to personal, quirky details. Just gorgeous.', 'Some real gems, including a seventeenth-century manor house and a remodelled medieval moated house. The owners of each take their role as guardians seriously.', 'A fabulous choice for lovers of traditional architecture, grand house interiors and all-round nosey parkers.', 'Any lover of the Costwolds would find this book a very attractive and informative addition to their library.', 'Fascinating (mostly privately owned) castles, estates, palaces and manor houses in this much-loved area that have shaped the English identity.'

Dewey Decimal728.80942417

SynopsisSecret Houses of the Cotswolds is a private tour of 20 of the most beguiling castles, estates, palaces and manor houses in this much-loved region including Daylesford, Stanway, Sudeley Castle and Hilles House. Secret Houses of the Cotswolds is a personal tour of twenty of the UK's most beguiling houses in this much loved area of western England, defined by its distinctive honey-coloured stone, rolling hills, picturesque villages and the most traditional English landscape. Author and architectural historian, Jeremy Musson, and Cotswolds-based photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas, offer privileged access to twenty houses, from castles and manor houses, by way of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century mansions, revealing their history, architecture and interiors, in the company of their devoted owners. In the footsteps of artists and designers from Georgian designers such as William Kent to Victorian visionary, William Morris, founder of the arts and crafts movement, we find a series of fascinating country houses of different sizes and atmospheres, which have shaped the English identity, and in different ways express the ideals of English life. Most of the houses included here are privately owned and not usually open to the public, and all of these houses featured in this book can be enjoyed through the eyes of owners, as well as an experienced architectural historian, and an award-winning photographer., A personal tour of twenty of the UK's most beguiling houses in this much loved area of western England. Author and architectural historian, Jeremy Musson, and Cotswolds-based photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas, offer privileged access to twenty houses, from castles and manor houses, as well as eighteenth- and nineteenth-century mansions, revealing their history, architecture and interiors, in the company of their devoted owners. In the footsteps of artists and designers including Humphry and George Repton, and Victorian visionary, William Morris, who inspired the arts and crafts movement, and others such as Detmar Blow, Norman Jewson, Clough Williams-Ellis and Oliver Hill, we find a series of fascinating country houses of different sizes and atmospheres, which have shaped the English identity. Each house has their own story, but their distinctive honey-coloured stone walls, set amongst rolling hills, in different ways express the ideals of English life. Most of the houses included here are privately owned and not usually open to the public. In this beautifully produced book, they can now be enjoyed through the eyes of their owners, as well as an experienced architectural historian, and an award-winning photographer., Secret Houses of the Cotswolds is a private tour of 20 of the most beguiling castles, estates, palaces and manor houses in this much-loved region including Asthall Manor, Broughton Castle, Stanway, Sudeley Castle and Hilles House.

LC Classification NumberNA7621