Powys - Couverture rigide

Haslam, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300096313 ISBN 13 : 9780300096316

Editeur : Yale University Press, 1979

Synopsis

The first volume to be published in the series covering Wales, encompassing the old counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Breconshire. The gazetteer ranges from intricately designed early Christian memorials in remote rural churches to the splendours of Powis Castle's baroque interiors and terraced gardens and the monumental achievements of the Victorian reservoir engineers. The vernacular traditions of the area are amply demonstrated by robust medieval cruck-framed halls and by substantial stone and timber-framed manor and farm houses of the seventeenth century. Among the urban highlights, the predominantly Georgian town of Montgomery, sheltering below its castle, contrasts with the surprising late Victorian spa of Llandrindod Wells, while throughout the county intriguingly original chapels and churches emerge as some of the most distinctive of Welsh nineteenth-century buildings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300096313
• ISBN 13: 9780300096316
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 436
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible