Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building work was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including Holkham ...
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Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building work was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including Holkham and Castle Howard, but also the diversity of smaller ones, such as Felbrigg and Dyrham, and shows the cost not only of building but of decorating and furnishing houses and of making their gardens. Creating Paradise is an important and original contribution to its subject and a highly readable account of the attitude of the English ruling class to its most important possession.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. First edition, 2000. Hardcover in dust jacket, illlustrated, 428 pp., Very Good copy in Near Fine dust jacket, pencil-notes to some pages, minor rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, light edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 1852852526 Pages: 428 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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