The Country Houses of Shropshire Williams Gareth
The Country Houses of Shropshire Williams Gareth Shropshire is the largest English inland county, and has a wide variety of important landed country houses, with owners from diverse social groups,…
Specifikacia The Country Houses of Shropshire Williams Gareth
The Country Houses of Shropshire Williams Gareth
Shropshire is the largest English inland county, and has a wide variety of important landed country houses, with owners from diverse social groups, with links to trade in Liverpool, Manchester and London as well as the local gentry. The architecture is of course fully covered. This book is not simply about the houses they built, but also about the people who lived in them and the context in which the houses are set.
Country houses can serve as a barometer of national tastes and of the social and economic times in which they were built. What is distinctive about the author's approach is that he treats the histories of the families, their artistic tastes and their estates, as an integral part of the character of each house. The work includes reference to the important sporting associations, fine and decorative art collections, and to important guests and social networks.
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