Main entry:

Roberts, Martin, 1950- author.

Title & Author:

County Durham / by Martin Roberts, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.

Publication:

New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2021.

Description:

xx, 880 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

The Buildings of England
Pevsner architectural guides

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Landscape, Geology And Building Stones / by Brian Young -- Early Settlement In County Durham / by Robert Young -- The Roman Period / by David Mason -- Early Medieval County Durham / by David Petts -- Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture -- Medieval Secular Buildings -- Architecture c. 1550-c. 1700 -- Vernacular Buildings, From c. 1550 -- Georgian Architecture -- Parks And Gardens, c. 1550 To c. 1800 -- Industrial Archaeology / by Stafford Linsley -- Victorian And Edwardian Architecture -- County Durham From c. 1920 -- Further Reading -- Gazetteer.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This volume surveys one of northern England's most varied and rewarding counties. County Durham, flanked by the rivers Tyne and Tees, boasts Durham Cathedral, England's most impressive Norman church, located unforgettably alongside Durham Castle on the cliff tops above the River Wear. Exceptionally rich in Anglo-Saxon churches and sculpture, County Durham features the legacy of the brilliant culture of the age of Bede. Many of Durham's extraordinary castles remain inhabited, with palatial interiors from the Georgian and Victorian periods. In addition to fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns, the county also reveals the legacy of historic industries, including early railway buildings, collieries, and lead mines. During the 20th century, a new generation of innovative buildings for culture and education at Gateshead and Sunderland emerged. Specially commissioned photography and maps complement an exceptional guide to this architecturally rich northern English county.

ISBN:

9780300225044 hardcover
0300225040 hardcover

Subject:

Architecture England Durham (County) Guidebooks.
Historic buildings England Durham (County) Guidebooks.
Historic sites England Durham (County) Guidebooks.
Architecture Angleterre Durham (Comté) Guides.
Lieux historiques Angleterre Durham (Comté) Guides.
Architecture England Guidebooks.
Historic buildings England Guidebooks.
Historic sites England Guidebooks.
Architecture Angleterre Guides.
Architecture
Buildings
Architecture England Durham (County)
Buildings England Durham (County) Guidebooks.
Durham (England : County) Guidebooks.
Durham (Angleterre : Comté) Guides.
Durham (England : County)
England Durham (County)

Form/genre:

Guidebooks.
travel guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983, author.
Williamson, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), author.
Williamson, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann) author.
Buildings of England.
Pevsner architectural guides.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309847
Call No.: BIB 254994
Status: Available