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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good coverage; lots of pictures, but all black & white.,
By A Customer
This review is from: English Country Houses (English Country Houses Series) (Paperback)
Very good reference source. Many houses covered; good exterior
and interior pictures of each. Many floor-plans (from original
drawings) as well.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Authoritative and Beautiful Set,
By Theseus "theseus" (US of A) - See all my reviews
This review is from: English Country Houses (English Country Houses Series) (Paperback)
This is an important, exhaustive, and scarce 3 volume box set. Hussey, one of the premier voices on architecture of his generation, provides detailed historical and aesthetic coverage of over 90 houses. It is remarkable that he managed to produce this volume of work in a three year period (the text originally appeared in the periodical Country Life.)
Perhaps most admirable is the ease with which these books look at the details on individual structures while placing them within larger contexts, particularly in the roughly 60 pp of intoductory materials. 3 sturdy trade paperbacks in slipcase. 766 pp total. Over 7 pounds. Black & white illustrations throughout: exterior photos, interior photos, period prints, floorplans, and a few elevations. Indexed. Each volume contains an Appendix of architects. Here's the blurb... "...these volumes in the famous English Country House series cover the period 1715-1840. They start at the time when English Baroque as practised by Christophyer Wren was in decline and end with the houses of the reigns of George III, the Prince Regent and William IV. They are the most interesting exposition of the subject ever to be presented. Christopher Hussey, a superb writer and deeply knowledgeable architectural historian, has selected the houses that best illustrate the progression of styles and decoration. The Country Houses series is not only an excellent soyurce of information but makes fascinating reading. It remains the standard work." Publishing history: prior to this box set there was a limited edition of 1200 copies in hardback and a reprint edition of 500 copies. Houses covered... Georgian Baroque: Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire Orleans House, Twickenham, Middlesex Moor Park, Hertfordshire Barnsley Park, Gloucestershire Stanmer, Sussex Mereworth Castle, Kent Ditchley, Oxfordshire Houghton Hall, Norfolk Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex Clandon Park, Surrey Davenport House, Shropshire Mawley Hall, Shropshire Hall Place, Maidenhead, Berkshire Crowcombe Court, Somerset Palladian: Rokeby Hall, Yorkshire Frampton Court, Gloucestershire Holkham Hall, Norfolk Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire Rousham, Oxfordshire Badminton, Gloucestershire Langley Park, Norfolk Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire Honington Hall, Warwickshire Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire Rococo: Nostell Priory, Wakefield, Yorkshire Hagley Hall, Worcestershire Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire Buckland, Berkshire Edgecote, Banbury Strawberry Hill, Middlesex Kyre Park, Worcestershire Burton Constable, Yorkshire Corsham Court, Wiltshire West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire Claydon House, Buckinghamshire Uppark, Sussex Arbury Hall, Warwickshire Hatchlands, Surrey Tabley House, Cheshire Harewood House, Yorkshire Kedleston, Derbyshire Shugborough, Staffordshire Syon House, Middlesex Mersham le Hatch, Kent Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire Peper Harow, Surrey Trafalgar House, Wiltshire Wardour Castle, Wiltshire Saltram, Devon Claremont, Surrey Newby Hall, Yorkshire Downton Castle, Herefordshire Crichel, Dorset Doddington Hall, Cheshire Heveningham Hall, Suffolk Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire Berrington Hall, Herefordsbire Attingham Park, Shropshire Althorp, Northamptonshire Farnley Hall, Yorkshire Chillington Hall, Staffordshire Courteenhall, Northamptonshire Stourhead, Wiltshire Ickworth, Suffolk Southill, Bedfordshire Dodington Park, Gloucestershire Luscombe Castle, Devonshire Sezincote, Gloucestershire Rudding Park, Yorkshire Belsay Castle, Northumberland Broughton Hall, Yorkshire Sheringham Hall, Norfolk Willey Hall, Shropshire Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire Tregothnan, Cornwall Oakly Park, Shropshire Toddington Manor, Gloucestershire Kitley, Devonshire Wormington Grange, Gloucestershire Penrhyn Castle, Carnarvonshire Mamhead, Devonshire Shrubland Park, Suffolk Charlecote, Warwickshire Scotney Castle, Kent Grimston Park, Yorkshire Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire |
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English Country Houses (English Country Houses Series) by Christopher Hussey (Paperback - Dec. 1988)
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