The Old Rectory
The Story of the English Parsonage
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2018
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-1-910519-51-6 (ISBN)
Description
A "humdinging page-turner of a book" (The Spectator) that will "give great pleasure" (Country Life). The Old Rectory examines the history of the English parsonage through the centuries, and their many and varied styles of architecture. Explore the lives of famous inhabitants and discover the scandals of neglect.
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Edition
second revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Durham
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
16 Figures; 12 Plates, black and white; 56 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
996 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910519-51-6 (9781910519516)
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E-Book
05/2018
2nd Edition
Sacristy Press
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Persons
Anthony Jennings read classics and philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, before qualifying as a solicitor. As Senior Legal Adviser and Company Secretary at Texaco (later Chevron), he specialised in oil and gas and marine and shipping law. He is now Director of Save Our Parsonages, and on the council of the English Clergy Association and the committee of the Patrons Group. He is a member of the Bloomsbury Conservation Area Advisory Committee, on the committee of Bourne Civic Society, and a trustee of Bourne Preservation Trust.