Cheshire
By: Timothy Mowl, Marion Mako
Contributors: Mako, Marion
Series: Historic gardens of England; Historic gardens of England series
Publisher: Redcliffe Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bristol, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781906593148
Subjects: Historic gardens; Gardens
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Archaeology, art history and restoration at odds in Elizabethan gardens; title: Aristocratic conservatism and gentry fashion : formal gardens; title: The sublime and the beautiful in the Georgian landscape park; title: 'Progress in the improvements' : Repton and the shadow of John Webb; title: Early Victorian layouts : the return of the formal parterre; title: Manufacturers, marquesses and dukes : high Victorian gardens; title: Civic awareness and philanthropy in Victorian public parks; title: The Edwardians : garden-architects or garden-makers?; title: Nascent suburban in the early-twentieth-century gardens; title: Traditional contemporary and modern : the latest gardens.