BuckinghamshireThis completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London, with its important early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon. The Saxon Church at Wing, the exquisite seventeenth-century Winslow Hall, and Slough's twentieth-century factories all contribute to Buckinghamshire's rich inheritance. In this new edition, the unspoilt centres of small towns, like Amersham and Buckingham, are revisited and Milton Keynes, Britain's last and most ambitious New Town, is explained and explored. The rich diversity of rural buildings, built of stone, brick, timber, and even earth, is investigated with scholarship and discrimination. This accessible and comprehensive guide is prefaced by an illuminating introduction and has many excellent illustrations, plans and maps. |
Contents
LIST OF TEXT FIGURES AND MAPS | 11 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1993 | 17 |
THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY | 23 |
BUILDING MATERIALS BY ROGER EVANS | 31 |
MEDIEVAL ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE | 38 |
23333 | 44 |
TIMBER FRAMING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | 53 |
ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 15301660 | 83 |
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | 127 |
RURAL INDUSTRY UP TO THE NINETEENTH | 416 |
58 | 416 |
69 | 416 |
ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE | 416 |
COUNTRY HOUSES 18301914 | 426 |
ESTATE AND VILLAGE BUILDINGS 18301914 | 578 |
GLOSSARY | 769 |
SECULAR ARCHITECTURE 16601720 | 95 |
INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT IN THE NINETEENTH | 101 |
CHURCH BUILDING 191893 III | 111 |
FURTHER READING | 120 |
PARK AND GARDEN DESIGN 16601830 | 123 |
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Abbey aisle Amersham arcade Aylesbury balusters barn block Buckinghamshire buildings built C17 timber-framed canted bay carved ceiling central centre chancel chancel arch chapel church clerestory columns cottages County Architect Court cruck decoration designed doorcase doorway Doric E window early C19 entrance Eton Eton College façade FARM FARMHOUSE fireplace five bays flint FONT former front G. E. Street gables garden Georgian Gothic Grand Union Canal ground floor hall High Street High Wycombe Hill hipped roof inside John lancets Lane late C17 later London manor house medieval Milton Keynes MKDC monument moulded mullioned nave octagonal original painted panels Park pediment Perp piers pilasters porch probably range rebuilt red brick remodelled restored Road round School screen side ST MARY STAINED GLASS staircase stone storeys style tall terrace three bays tiles timber timber-framed tower town tracery transept trusses two-storey Victorian village wall wing