- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (25 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845130510
- ISBN-13: 978-1845130510
- Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 25.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 654,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aurum's book on England's Lost Houses, published in association with Country Life, was an exceptional success, going into several reprints, generating a wealth of publicity, and tapping into the enormous nostalgia and mystique that surrounds the stately homes and country houses that have vanished for ever, for reasons of fire, dry rot, subsidence or simply demolition by an earlier, less conservation-minded age. For these often spectacular houses, the photographs in the book are the only record that they ever existed. Now Aurum publishes a companion volume on the lost houses of Scotland. One, Mavisbank, will be known to BBC viewers from the first series of the hugely successful Restoration. Other featured houses include Douglas Castle, Gordon Castle, Guisachan, Dunglass and Millearne among many others. The lavish photographic content derives primarily from the matchless archive of the National Monuments Record in Edinburgh, but will also draw on Country Life's photographs, local archives, and even the remarkable albums taken by a Perthshire demolition contractor in the fifties as he sought to memorialise his handiwork in dynamiting country houses.
About the Author
Ian Gow is Curator of the National Trust of Scotland, and the preeminent authority on Scotland's architectural heritage.. He is the author of Scottish Houses and Gardens, (Aurum 1 85410 488 8).
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Scotlands Lost Houses,
This review is from: Scotland's Lost Houses (Paperback)
Excellent book, made all the more personal as it includes the Castle on the estate where I live. Enjoyed reading about the others as well and puts a lot of the heresay into truth.
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SCOTLAND'S TRAGIC LOSE,
By Shannon Deason - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland's Lost Houses (Hardcover)
This is a very well produced book on Scotlands great lost estates. The text is highly informative and the images are fanstastic. It is so disgraceful that so many of these great houses were so underappreciated, they were torn down like dilapidated public housing: it's tragic. The great Robert Adam house Bardelie was the worst lose, how anyone could tear down this masterpiece is unfathonable. The book is a joy to peruse, but you can't help but have a touch of meloncholy for the ease at which the philitines pulled so many of these great houses down. Be assured, you'll never see the likes of these houses again.
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Absolutely beautiful,
By R Michael Small "Where does the signature sho... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland's Lost Houses (Paperback)
I first saw this book on the bookshelf at a wee B&B (Samhchair) in Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland. Captivated by the photography and text I needed to own a copy. Now I do. Condition, etc. was better than described and it arrived in short time after placing the order. Very pleasant experience all around.
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Fascinating read,
By V. Miller "architectural historian" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland's Lost Houses (Hardcover)
As a fan of Scottish country houses I found this book to be very interesting reading. There are many particularly fine photographs detailing the history of these fine buildings which unfortunately became victims of changing times.
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