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John Gifford - The Buildings of Scotland - Highlands & Islands (2nd Hand Hardback)

John Gifford - The Buildings of Scotland - Highlands & Islands (2nd Hand Hardback)

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Synopsis

Published in Association with the Buildings of Scotland Trust.

This book is part of the Pevsner Architectural Guides Series.

This volume, the fifth in the "Buildings of Scotland" series founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, aims to describe every building of importance from prehistory to the present in the Highland region, Western Islands, Orkney and Shetland.

The vast area covered by the book contains buildings and monuments as varied as its landscape - brochs, cairns and ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys, both medieval and Victorian; churches of every period and denomination, their interiors and graveyards often shielding unexpected delights; castles and tower houses and a string of Hanoverian forts; prehistoric farmsteads and Georgian and Victorian farmhouses. Country houses range from a display of ducal splendour through Georgian elegance and Victorian baronial to expressions of the high ideals and simple life of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Towns and villages are equally varied, some are of medieval origin, others new creations of the Georgians and Victorians. This is an illustrated guidebook for visitors, for specialists and, not least, for local inhabitants.

Details
  • Format : Thicker 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
  • Condition : Acceptable (Dust Jacket - Acceptable (Has wear & tear) / Book Cover - Good (A little rippling on front bottom left but otherwise whole & complete) / Book Pages - Very Good (Almost As New). With Gift Inscription.
  • Category : Non-Fiction - Architecture, Design & Engineering
  • Published : 1992 (Penguin Books / Pevsner Architectural Guides - 1st Edition)
  • ISBN : 9780140710717
  • SKU : B003083
  • PPC : SP1100gm
  • RRP : Clipped
  • Quantity Available : 1 only.

* 1st edition, 683pp., plates, figures & maps. *

* Image 1 is a stock Image - Images 2 & 3 the actual book photos. *

External Reviews

"Part of the greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world." - Jonathan Meades, The Observer.

"This will certainly do as a first comprehensive survey in an under-researched and hugely important part of Scotland . . ." - Google Review.

The Authors
John Gifford . . . His love of Scotland’s history and its buildings remained a passion throughout his life and Gifford wrote many books and contributed to learned architectural magazines on the subject. He was author or co-author of The Buildings of Scotland volumes on Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Fife, Highland and Islands, and Stirling and Central Scotland. Gifford took immense care to paint an intriguing and fascinating account of each subject and critics responded enthusiastically with such tributes as “full of interest & impeccably researched”.