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The English Cathedral [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by T.W.T. Tatton-Brown (Author), John Crook (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843301202
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843301202
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 24.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 231,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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With over 240 colour photographs, this book celebrates all the fascinating and diverse cathedrals, both Anglican and Roman Catholic, to be found on English soil. It covers all 63 cathedrals, from Truro in Cornwall to Carlisle near the Scottish border. Written by an expert in church history and design, the text sheds light on the cathedrals' evolving architectural styles and changing roles through the centuries.


About the Author

Tim Tatton Brown has been an archaeologist for more than 30 years, during which time he has gained an intimate knowledge of numerous English cathedrals. He has acted as a consultant to Canterbury, Chichester, Rochester and Salisbury cathedrals - as well as to the two 'royal peculiars' of Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, Windsor - and is also the author of Great cathedrals of' Britain (BBC). John Crook, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an honorary research fellow of Reading University, is an independent architectural historian and a professional architectural and topographical photographer. Recent commissions include architectural photography in Jerusalem and a major new illustrated history of Winchester Cathedral.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Do we really need yet another book on English cathedrals?, 18 Mar 2004
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If you're asking yourself the above question, then I'd have to say yes. Granted, 'The English Cathedral' is going to be jostling for space on what is already a very full bookshelf of publications on this subject, but Tim Tatton Brown does have something new to add.

The biggest difference between this book and the vast majority of its competitors is its comprehensiveness. As well as all the great medieval cathedrals you'd expect to find within its pages, Durham, York, Lincoln, Salisbury, Exeter and the rest, the 5 so-called Henrician foundations, the Victorian and twentieth century 'parish church cathedrals' and those celebrated 'modern' edifices at Truro, Liverpool, Guildford and Coventry, many readers may be surprised to find full coverage of England's 18 Catholic cathedrals. And not just tucked away in an appendix, a few lines describing each, we are talking similar depth of coverage to the C of E buildings and similarly high quality colour photography.

Pugin's Neo-Gothic Catholic cathedrals at Birmingham, Newcastle and Nottingham may already be familiar to some readers, likewise the Byzantine splendours of Westminster and the modernist icon at Liverpool, but what about Clifton or Shrewsbury, Portsmouth or Southwark? For many, I suspect the pictures and descriptions in ‘The English Cathedral’ will be a real revelation of this largely overlooked aspect of England’s architectural heritage. Did you know, for example, that there's a late 20th century Wren-style Catholic cathedral somewhere in Essex? Buy this book and all will be revealed!

Apart from the Catholic aspect, the rest of he book may not offer anything startlingly original (although the page of maps of historic and present diocesan boundaries is a novelty) but it does make an excellent, up-to-date introduction to its subject and the photography, as already indicated, is first-class.

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A coffee table book, 9 May 2005
It is big! Wonderful pictures that dominate the text far too much. It would look great in any waiting room or high class hotel. It will probably inspire you to go on a visit, but I doubt if many people would take it to the cathedral or even into the hotel bedroom.

I use it as a reference as it is includes all cathedrals. My preference as a field guide is 'Walking the Cathedral Cities of England' by Rowland Mead.

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