| Cambridgeshire Contributor(s): Bradley, Simon (Author), Pevsner, Nikolaus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300205961 ISBN-13: 9780300205961 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial |
| Dewey: 720.942 |
| LCCN: 2015451905 |
| Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5" W x 8.6" (1.90 lbs) 800 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the essential companion to the architecture of Cambridgeshire, fully revised for the first time in sixty years and featuring superb new photography. Half of the book is devoted to the famous university city, with its astonishingly rich and varied inheritance of college buildings including striking post-war additions. A combination of boldness and innovation may be found at Ely Cathedral, one of the greatest achievements of English medieval design. By comparison, the rest of the county remains surprisingly little known. Its largely unspoiled landscapes vary from the northern flat fen country to the rolling chalk uplands of the south and east; its architecture encompasses rewarding village churches, distinctive vernacular building in timber, stone, and brick, the former monastic sites at Denny and Anglesey, and the magnificent aristocratic seat of Wimpole Hall. |