
History and Landscape
The Guide to National Trust Properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Lydia Greeves(Author)
National Trust Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 3. February 2006
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-905400-13-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Guide has been described as the National Trust's bible - and indeed it is. This latest edition takes a larger, squarer format, to do full justice to the Trust's illustrious collection of colour photographs, and to showcase recent acquisitions such as the Gothic wonder of Tyntesfield, John Lennon's childhood home Mendips, and William Morris' Arts and Crafts Red House. Magnificent landscapes, including the breathtaking coast of Cornwall, Snowdonia, the Peak District, and the lunar scenery of Strangford Lough, are set beside the Trust's great gardens such as Sissinghurst Castle in Kent and Stourhead Landscape Garden in Wiltshire. The Trust's country houses of course feature in all their varied beauty - from the Tudor splendour of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire through to the magnificent Victoriana at Cragside in Northumberland. Not everything is on such a grand scale; Lydia Greeves describes T.E. Lawrence's modest cottage at Clouds Hill in Dorset, a spade mill in Northern Ireland and even a duck decoy at Boarstall in Buckinghamshire.
Reviews / Votes
The National Trust is the greatest of all British inventions and this guide is the best possible tribute to that invention. It is lively, literate and beautifully illustrated. Go nowhere without it!" - Sir Simon Jenkins "More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
700 colour and 50 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1825 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905400-13-3 (9781905400133)
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Previous edition
Lydia Greeves
History and Landscape Guide to Nt
Book
01/1999
National Trust
€57.20
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Person
Lydia Greeves is a writer and editor known for her writing on Britain's cultural heritage. She is the author of The Good Country House Guide. Country Cottages, The Harrods Guide to London and Exmoor and Dartmoor. She lives in London.