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...covering the architecture and interiors of 62 spectacular houses in a range of styles spanning seven centuries, from medieval Stokesay Castle to the newly built, Lutyesn-inspired Corfe Farm.
--Country Life, 2009
Country Life's unparalleled archive of beautifully photographed, mainly English, country houses comes into its own... The book's strength is in paying sufficient attention to each house to provide a real feel for the splendid range of English styles and tastes...
--The Sunday Telegraph - Seven, 29 November 2009
...A book like this, published in 2010, could easily have been a lament. The fact that it is a celebration one among many but far better than most, says a great deal about the resilience of the English country house and the culture it represents.
--The Georgian, August 2010
--Country Life, 2009
Country Life's unparalleled archive of beautifully photographed, mainly English, country houses comes into its own... The book's strength is in paying sufficient attention to each house to provide a real feel for the splendid range of English styles and tastes...
--The Sunday Telegraph - Seven, 29 November 2009
...A book like this, published in 2010, could easily have been a lament. The fact that it is a celebration one among many but far better than most, says a great deal about the resilience of the English country house and the culture it represents.
--The Georgian, August 2010
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The English Country House takes a look at the architecture and interiors of sixty-two stunning houses in a range of architectural styles spanning seven centuries—from the medieval Stokesay Castle to the newly built, Lutyens-inspired Corfe Farm—brought to life through the world-renowned photography library of Country Life. More than four hundred color and black and white illustrations provide an insight into the architecture, decoration, gardens, and landscape settings of these houses, which are set into their architectural and historical context by the accompanying text and extended captions.
The book provides an entrée into the houses to which Country Life has had privileged access over the years, many of which are still private homes, often occupied by descendants of the families that built them. Punctuating the book at intervals in the form of booklets on rich, uncoated paper are six essays by leading British architectural historians that set the English country house into its social context and chart the changing tastes in decorating and collecting, the development of ancillary buildings, gardens and landscapes, and finally, its influence in the United States.
The book provides an entrée into the houses to which Country Life has had privileged access over the years, many of which are still private homes, often occupied by descendants of the families that built them. Punctuating the book at intervals in the form of booklets on rich, uncoated paper are six essays by leading British architectural historians that set the English country house into its social context and chart the changing tastes in decorating and collecting, the development of ancillary buildings, gardens and landscapes, and finally, its influence in the United States.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Mary Miers has made a selection of 62 English Country Houses as featured in Country Life since about 1980, when beautiful colour photographs were used for the first time. The houses are arranged in a loosely chronological order and are predominantly large and grand. However a few houses such as Beckside are of a more modest scale, built by skilled local craftsmen according the popular builders' pattern books of the day. All photographs are of very high quality, as can be expected from Country Life. In addition to the introduction by Mary Miers there are 6 essays by leading historians presented in the form of small booklets at intervals in the book. This book has primarily been made for the American market and can be seen as complementary to the many books of Aurum Press on Country Houses also based on the archives of Country Life, but mainly from the earlier period with mostly high quality black and white photographs. For a modest price you will get a beautiful coffee table book to dream of a rich and romantic life in the English countryside.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the very best of the several high quality English country house picture books. And, the photos are very well chosen -- with lots of excellent interior shots especially useful to anyone restoring an historic English country house. This book is a must for those interested in this subject matter. The only criticism I have, and which applies to essentially all of these books, is that coverage focuses on the higher end country houses. Personally, I would prefer greater orientation to the more average country homes.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Great book, especially because its not all the most well known houses we see again.
Photos and text just fine, layout too, I would have loved even more houses but its quite a brick already!
The idea about the chapters in a different size maybe a bit akward - but works okay.
I cannot get enough of this subject, so bring them on. And especially the lesser known and smaller houses who might not draw so much attention but are as interesting as the ones we already know so well. Thanks Mary!
Photos and text just fine, layout too, I would have loved even more houses but its quite a brick already!
The idea about the chapters in a different size maybe a bit akward - but works okay.
I cannot get enough of this subject, so bring them on. And especially the lesser known and smaller houses who might not draw so much attention but are as interesting as the ones we already know so well. Thanks Mary!
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