Kent: West and the Weald Contributor(s): Pevsner, Nikolaus (Author), Newman, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 030018509X ISBN-13: 9780300185096 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - Great Britain - Architecture | Regional |
Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides |
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5" W x 8.5" (1.76 lbs) 726 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An expanded and fully revised edition of John Newman's classic survey of the buildings of West Kent, first published in 1969. Here is an extraordinary concentration of architecture of the first rank, and an immense variety of landscape and townscape, from the deep woods of the Weald to the shingles of Dungeness, the cathedral city of Rochester with its Norman castle, and the remarkable Georgian naval dockyard at Chatham. Domestic buildings of note range from plentiful timber-framed hall houses to the Palladian masterpiece of Mereworth Castle and the planned modernist village of New Ash Green, as well as country houses on the grandest scale, such as Cobham Hall and Knole. The parish churches can show rich and memorable work of almost every period, especially the middle ages and the Gothic Revival. This new edition includes detailed explorations of many rewarding urban areas, and fresh perspectives on such famous landmarks as Ightham Mote, Sissinghurst and Hever Castle. |