Jackson-Stops presents twelve of the richest houses in Great Britain, each an archetype of its age, and looks at them both as architectural masterpieces and as evidence of the life for which they were designed. The houses have scarcely been altered since they were first built, and together they give a unique overview of the development of British architecture and gardening through six centuries, from the medieval fortress of Bodiam Castle in Sussex to Lutyens's Castle Drogo in Devon, and from the Tudor half-timbering of Little Morton Hall in Cheshire to the romantic Victorian of Norman Shaw's Cragside in Northumberland. All of the houses belong to The National Trust and are open to the public.
Author: Gervase Jackson-Stops
Title: The English Country House in Perspective
Edition: First American Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990
Physical description: Hardcover; Folio; 160p
Condition: Near fine copy in very good dust jacket with edge wear and one small tear in back panel. Owner’s inscription on half-title page.
Comments: Beautiful copy
