Gwent/Monmouthshire / John Newman ; with contributions by Frances Lynch, William Manning and Stephen Hughes.

Main entry:

Newman, John, 1936-2023.

Title & Author:

Gwent/Monmouthshire / John Newman ; with contributions by Frances Lynch, William Manning and Stephen Hughes.

Publication:

London : Penguin ; [Cardiff] : University of Wales Press, 2000.

Description:

xvii, 662 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Series:

The Buildings of Wales

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Gwent/Monmouthshire, call it what you will, is both an integral part of Wales and greatly influenced by its nearness to England. Though small in scale, it is also a great natural beauty, where many fine and fascinating buildings can be found." "Roman occupation has left remarkable evidence in two outstanding well-preserved sites, the legionary fortress at Caerleon and the town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent). The series of medieval castles includes Chepstow and Raglan, two of the most magnificent in the whole of Britain, and also such evocative but little known examples as Caldicot and Usk. Among monasteries Tintern Abbey is celebrated for its poetic ruins, while Llanthony Priory is unforgettable in its lonely valley. All these, and many other medieval buildings, including numerous fine parish churches, are fully described and analyzed in this book. The farmhouses of the county have been made famous by the three volumes which Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan devoted to them half a century ago. Here will be found up-to-date discussions of many of these houses as they survive today."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0140710531
9780140710533

Subject:

Buildings Wales Gwent.
Architecture Wales Gwent.
Architecture Pays de Galles Gwent Guides.
Architecture Pays de Galles Monmouthshire Guides.
Architecture
Buildings
Baudenkmal
Inventar
Architecture Wales Monmouthshire Guidebooks.
Historic buildings Wales Monmouthshire Guidebooks.
Gwent (Wales) Guidebooks.
Gwent (Pays de Galles) Guides.
Monmouthshire (Pays de Galles) Guides.
Wales Gwent
Gwent
Monmouth
Architecture (object genre) Great Britain Wales Monmouthshire.
Historic buildings Great Britain Wales Monmouthshire.

Form/genre:

Guidebooks.
travel guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Lynch, Frances, 1938-
Hughes, Stephen (Stephen R.)
Manning, W. H. (William Harry)
Ward, Anthony
Buildings of Wales.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 213586
Call No.: NA993.M6 G9 2000
Status: Available

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