Traditional buildings of the English countryside: an illustrated guide
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1. Verfasser: Sharpe, Geoffrey R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2011
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Beschreibung:Includes index
List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Landscape and How it Developed; 2. The Origins of Place Names; 3. Farm Buildings and Farming; 4. Industry in the Countryside; 5. Schools in the Countryside; 6. Churches, Abbeys and Priories; 7. Castels and Other Fortifications; 8. The Way People Lived; 9. Houses in the Countryside; 10. Building Materials; 11. Vernacular Styles -- Some Notable Features; Appendices; Tourist Information Offices; Index
No other country offers so rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. From windmills to water mills, cottages to castles, dovecotes to beeboles a wealth of treasures await discovery. Drawing upon forty years' experience of caring for historic structures Geoffrey R. Sharpe provides a simple but informed guide to these delights and curiosities of the English countryside. He explains not just the purpose of these buildings but the part they played in the history of the countryside, showing how the buildings evolved and the ways in which people lived and worked in them. He use
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ISBN:0857720104
1283293196
9780857720108
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