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The English House: English Country Houses and Interiors
by Sally Griffiths
from Rizzoli International Publications
The English House is a vivid photographic tour of the private homes and lifestyles of the storied English countryside that offers England's rich span of architectural and interior styles as wonderfully inspiring and intiguing examples of current influential decorating trends. Whether a charming and humble cottage or a grand Georgian and Palladian manor house, all the homes featured in this stunning book illustrate the epitome of styles that define the English house.
The delightful text details each house's quirks while highlighting the decorating approaches and design ideas-startling juxtapositions, new takes on tradition, witty visual puns, and bold new combinations. This is an ideal book for any anglophile and is equally appealing to anyone with an interest in interior decoration, with many design ideas that easily translate into interiors on either side of the Atlantic.
Sally Griffiths started writing after her own home was featured in British House & Garden 20 years ago. She runs a photo library called Red Cover and is the author of The English Country Cottage.
Chatsworth: The House
by Deborah Devonshir
from Frances Lincoln
Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. In this tour of the house, Deborah the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household and the work of the staff needed to keep it going.
Best Castles - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Essential Guide for Visiting and Enjoying
by Various
from David & Charles
The essential family guide to the best castles to visit in Britain and Ireland. Discover the fascinating history and outstanding architecture of over 100 castles, from romantic ruins to royal homes. Learn about the role castles played in history and what life inside them would really have been like. Find out about visitor attractions, from museum collections and manicured gardens to re-enactment events - to make the most of days out with the family.
The British Stable (Studies in British Art)
by Giles Worsley
from Paul Mellon Centre BA
Until the early years of the twentieth century, horses played an essential role in the agriculture, transport, industry, warfare, and sport of Britain. Their stables were practical shelters, but they were also more than that—in many cases a handsomely appointed stable served as much for the elegant display of horses as for their shelter. This beautiful book, illustrated with over one hundred specially commissioned photographs, focuses attention for the first time on the history, the variety, and the importance of stables in the British Isles.
Leading architectural historian Giles Worsley examines stables from the twelfth century through 1914, with special attention to country house stables—including those at Chatsworth and Kedleston—where the finest examples of stable design are found. Worsley discusses the factors that influenced the architecture of stables, whether owned by noblemen, great brewing companies, or the British army. Fascinating and lucidly written, The British Stable will appeal equally to those with an interest in horses, country houses, architectural history, or the special relationship between horses and the people of Britain.
This gorgeously illustrated volume is the first to demonstrate the magnificent variety of stables in the British Isles. The book discusses horse stables from the twelfth century to WWI and shows how this specialized building—whether designed for royalty, nobility, brewing companies, or the military—came to play a central role in British architectural history.
Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden
by Quentin Bell
from Frances Lincoln
Set in the heart of the Sussex downs, in England, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style, created by the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. The house and garden are protrayed through Alen McWeeney's atmospheric photographs along with pictures from the Bell family album.
Round and About Chatsworth
by Duchess of Devonshire
from Frances Lincoln
The Duchess describes monuments on her 35,000 acre estate, weaving her tales around an album of specially-commissioned photographs. Recounting facts and fables, she takes the reader on four fascinating walks, as gripping from an armchair as they are in the open air.
The English Manor House: From the Archives of Country Life
by Jeremy Musson
from Aurum Press
An English manor house represents an architectural ideal. For generations it has embodied civilized taste. These houses have formed a core part of Country Life features over the decades and this book contains fantastic photography of them. Here are Cranborne, Canons Ashby, and Chastleton which are houses of timeless charm and tranquility. There are also many houses that fell upon hard times only to rise again, such as Sissinghurst and Hidcote. The architects of the English manor house are many of the great names in the field and here are examples by Lutyens, Blow, and Blomfield. The book is a magnificent reminder of the architectural glory of the English manor house and charts the evolution of their different styles. There are more than 200 images beautifully produced in duotone which conjure up the era of the manor house.
The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam (Dover Books on Architecture)
by Robert Adam
from Dover Publications
One of the most celebrated books in architectural history, this volume consists of the Adam brothers' own selections of illustrations from their high-profile commissions. Dating from the 1770s, these 106 illustrated plates epitomize the style that influenced generations of British and American architectural and furniture designs.
New Classicism: The Rebirth of Traditional Architecture
by Elizabeth Meredith Dowling
from Rizzoli International Publications
New Classicism provides an in-depth look at a form of design that appeared lost forever with the rise of modernism in architecture. But now, with an intense revival of interest in classical design, and with the demise in popularity of the subsequent postmodernism, new vigor has infused traditional forms and motifs. Focusing on approximately thirty projects by the best classically oriented firms in the United States and Britain, New Classicism examines this burgeoning new vogue for the many varieties of traditional classical design.
The result is a dazzling array of highly disciplined and high-profile classical designs, ranging from the exquisite work of John Blateau and Alan Greenberg's eighteenth-century-inspired reconfiguration of the interiors of the U.S. State Department to the Nashville public library designed by Robert A. M. Stern and projects from the classical-design program at the University of Notre Dame.
Buckingham Palace: The Official Illustrated History
by John Martin Robinson
from Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd
Illustrated history of Buckingham Palace.
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