Country Houses of England
Author(s): Stoeltie, Barbara
Padded cover, 215 x 250 mm, 192 pages
From manors and cottages through to keeper's lodges,
as well as the homes of the famous
The great and the good of England have traditionally aspired towards
their rural retreats, often spending lifetimes designing and decorating
these idyllic hide-aways, be they neat cottages or huge mansions with
acres of landscaped gardens. The classic image of the country house has
been defined by literature and film to create a notion of buildings in
harmony with the green and pleasant vistas around them, of quiet farming
villages unchanged for decades.
Country Houses of England provides the proof that this aspect of England
is alive and well, with its lavish photographs of the interiors and exteriors
of many great and diverse examples of the contemporary country abode.
Indeed, some have been preserved as they were in the past, whereas others
have had modern elements subtly added in the process of conversion.
There are all kinds of residences featured, from manors and cottages
through to converted barns and keeper's lodges, as well as the homes
of the famous such as Chawton Cottage, once the quarters of that great
observer of country life, Jane Austen.
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