Historic Architecture Books
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Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By Peter Ross (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupImprint: Headline Book PublishingISBN: 9781472281951Published: 1 Feb 2024Weight: 384g Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned.They contain...- £10.99
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A Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards : Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
By: Peter RossBinding: **WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021****A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal...- £10.99
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La Serenissima : The Story of Venice
Format :Paperback / softback 448 pages, 3x8pp colPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: ApolloISBN:9781789545067Published: 9 Nov 2023Weight:336gDimensions:215 x 356 x 35 (mm) Everything about Venice, observed Lord Byron, is, or was, extraordinary. Her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance. Dream and...- £14.99
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England's Thousand Best Churches
By: Simon JenkinsBinding: HardbackSimon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county...- £40.00
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A Home for All Seasons
By: Gavin (author) PlumleyBinding: Paperback / softback'Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.'LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet'A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.'HORATIO CLARE'Truly a revelation on every page.'PETROC TRELAWNY'A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.' COUNTRY...- £10.99
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How To Read A Church
By Dr Richard Taylor (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 272 pagesPublisher: Ebury PublishingImprint: Rider & CoISBN: 9781846047770Published: 25 Jan 2024Classifications: Architectural structure & design, Religious buildings, Christianity, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Information architectureWeight: 188gDimensions: 197 x 127 x 18 (mm) Churches and cathedrals were...- £10.99
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Venice
By: Jan MorrisBinding: Paperback / softbackOften hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing...- £10.99
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The Stonemason : A History of Building Britain
By: Andrew ZiminskiBinding: Paperback / softbackA stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of our greatest monuments. From Neolithic monoliths to Roman...- £10.99
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Seashaken Houses : A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
By: Tom NancollasBinding: Paperback / softback'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaperAn enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited themLighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst...- £10.99
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How to Read Churches : A Crash Course in Christian Architecture
By: Dr Denis R. McNamaraBinding: Paperback / softbackA handy and easy-to-carry book which offers a visual approach to reading the architecture of churches. Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, you are taken on a journey tracing the development of the church...- £12.99
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Rice's Language of Buildings
By Matthew Rice (Author)Format: Hardback 240 pages, Colour illustrations throughoutPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408893784Published: 6 Sep 2018Classifications: United Kingdom, Great Britain, Architecture, Reference worksWeight: 800gDimensions: 183 x 254 x 27 (mm) A new, larger format edition of Rice's Architectural Primer. This...- £20.00
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The Palace : From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
By: Gareth RussellBinding: Hardback'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has...- £25.00
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Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals
By: Simon JenkinsBinding: HardbackREADERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS GIFT!"Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe's greatest cathedrals" John Barton, author of A History of the Bible"As ever, Simon Jenkins is here...- £30.00
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The Treasures of English Churches : Witnesses to the History of a Nation
By: Dr Matthew ByrneBinding: HardbackThis celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne. It...- £20.00
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Country Church Monuments
By: C. B. NewhamBinding: HardbackA landmark illustrated history of rural church monuments - the forgotten national treasures of England and WalesDeep in the countryside, away from metropolitan abbeys and cathedrals, thousands of funerary monuments are hidden in parish churches. These artworks - medieval brasses...- £40.00
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Brunelleschi's Dome : The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence
By: Dr Ross KingBinding: Paperback / softback'Compelling... fascinating' Spectator'Abounding with excellent little stories' Financial TimesThis is the story of one of the most magnificent achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the architect behind it. Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports...- £12.99
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Medieval Graffiti : The Lost Voices of England's Churches
By Matthew Champion (Author)Format: Hardback 272 pagesPublisher: Ebury PublishingImprint: Ebury PressISBN: 9780091960414Published: 2 Jul 2015Weight: 384gDimensions: 209 x 144 x 29 (mm) Churches are full of hidden messages from years gone by and for centuries these carved writings and artworks have lain largely unnoticed....- £17.99
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Rice's Church Primer
By Matthew Rice (Author)Format: Hardback 224 pages, ColourPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408807521Published: 4 Jul 2013Weight: 500gDimensions: 198 x 150 x 22 (mm) The countryside, towns and cities of Britain are full of churches. They represent some of the most iconic, beautiful...- £18.99
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Islamic Architecture : A World History
By: Eric BrougBinding: HardbackA richly informative and visually packed sourcebook demonstrating and explaining the function and worldwide appeal of Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture dates back 1,400 years and continues to reinvent itself up to the present day. The enormous richness of building types, regional...- £50.00
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Architecture : From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
Format: Paperback / softback 576 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: PelicanISBN: 9780141978208Published: 29 Sep 2022Classifications: History of architecture, General & world history, History of science, History of engineering & technology, Energy technology & engineeringWeight: 314g A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between...- £10.99
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