A House by the River. Newham Grange to to Darwin College. A history of the site, buildings and former inhabitants. [Paperback]

Margaret Keynes (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 1984

A House by the River. IN 1884 Professor George Darwin, newly married to an American bride, was looking for a house i Cambridge. He bought Newnham Grange, and with the aid of a talented and sympathetic architect, J. J. Stevenson, altered the house and adjoining granaries to make an unusual and uniquely attractive family home. Margaret Keynes, who was Sir George's younger daughter, gives in this account of the house in which she was born a fascinating and intricate history of the many transformations of a site which has been in constant use for the last 500 years, and this will deeply interest the topographer and all who know Cambridge...

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } A House by the River. IN 1884 Professor George Darwin, newly married to an American bride, was looking for a house i Cambridge. He bought Newnham Grange, and with the aid of a talented and sympathetic architect, J. J. Stevenson, altered the house and adjoining granaries to make an unusual and uniquely attractive family home. Margaret Keynes, who was Sir George's younger daughter, gives in this account of the house in which she was born a fascinating and intricate history of the many transformations of a site which has been in constant use for the last 500 years, and this will deeply interest the topographer and all who know Cambridge...

Product Details

Paperback: 259 pages
Publisher: Privately Printed Cambridge (1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0950519812
ISBN-13: 978-0950519814
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,161,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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