Traditional buildings of the English countryside
Subtitle: an illustrated guide
By: Geoffrey R. Sharpe
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781848856141; 9781845118419
Subjects: Vernacular architecture; Architecture; Country homes
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

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