Dimensions
289 x 286 x 39mm
The English Country House is an unpreceedented look at quintessential English country home interiors and architecture, from the epitome of English Tudor to the twentieth-century manor house. This ambitious book looks at the history and architecture of the English country house, including Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian houses. With Rizzoli's trademark high production values, The English Country House covers all aspects of country living and includes famous estates by Vanbrugh, Llutyens and Adam, as well as smaller classically designed English houses and cottages, each a jewel of its period. With more than 400 colour and black and white photographs and interspersed with booklets printed on rich, uncoated paper featuring essays from England's foremost architectual historians, The English Country House is a must have for lovers of architecture, history and beautful coffee table books.