- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press; New edition edition (2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0300096402
- ISBN-13: 978-0300096408
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.4 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 439,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jonathan Meades, The Observer, 25th November 2001.
"The greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world."
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"Somerset is a serene county, varied in mood more than most, yet always mild", wrote Pevsner, drawing attention to its freedom from the extremes of its neighbouring counties. Highlights of this volume are a full account of the Georgian marvels of Bath, and a separate section on the port of Bristol, whose sumptuous Victorian commercial buildings are among the best of their date in England. The fourteenth-century Nunney Castle and John Nash's picturesque Blaise Hamlet are perfect examples of their type, while the cathedrals of Wells and Bristol and the Decorated Gothic of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, inspired some of Pevsner's most eloquent writing on the character of English Gothic architecture.
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Chances are, if you're thinking of buying this book, you already know everything you need to know. It is the best architectural handbook available for the area, which contains some of the best of British buildings. Bath, Bristol, Wells, some of the all-time classics. It was the most useful thing I took on holiday with me, apart from a tripod. As always, what makes a Pevsner a good Pevsner is the buildings in the particular county, because the same incredibly high standard of textual accuracy and precision is maintained through just about every one. He gets a bit pithy about some sacred cows though, so beware all ye of delicate sensibilities and sentimentalism....
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