Download or read book Medieval Castles Stately and Historic Houses of Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by Charles Phillips and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated book records the history of Britain's finest secular buildings up to 1485, tracing their development from ancient earthworks and Roman forts to the splendours of castle building introduced by the Romans.
Download or read book Medieval Castles Stately Historic Houses of Great Britain Northern Ireland written by Charles Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castles Palaces and Stately Homes written by Charles Phillips and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings.
Download or read book The Castles of Britain and Ireland written by Rodney Castleden and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many, medieval castles are the essence of Britain and Ireland's fascinating past. Immersed in history and centuries old, each one tells a story of Kings, Queens and feuding lords; war and bloody conflict; treason, revenge and murder. In Castles of Britain and Ireland, Rodney Castleden weaves a fascinating and detailed narrative of 115 of the grandest and most historically significant castles in the British Isles, including Balmoral in Scotland, Bunratty in Ireland, Caernarfon in Wales and St Michael's Mount in England. As well as the details of the construction, function, and often the destruction of these magnificent buildings, each chapter also tells the human stories behind these ancient walls, with fascinating details of everyday life within.
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1957 written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medieval Castles of England and Wales written by Bernard Lowry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium. Though some were built before 1066, the Norman Conquest left a lasting legacy in the form of fortifications ranging from small earthworks now barely discernible, to mighty and dominating stone fortresses. This book examines why castles were so essential to medieval warfare, their importance in domestic politics, and the day-to-day lives of those who lived and worked within them. It also shows how the development of new technologies affected their construction and design, and why they eventually fell into disrepair in the late Middle Ages. Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs, this is the perfect guide for any castle enthusiast seeking to discover more about medieval fortifications and their inhabitants.
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1955 written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by Index publishers (Dunstable) and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Houses of the National Trust written by Lydia Greeves and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 1047 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This captivating book, fully revised and updated and featuring more NT houses than ever before, is a guide to some of the greatest architectural treasures of Britain, encompassing both interior and exterior design. This new edition is fully revised and updated and includes entries for new properties including: Acorn Bank, Claife Viewing Station, Cushendun, Cwmdu, Fen Cottage, The Firs (birthplace of Edward Elgar), Hawker's Hut, Lizard Wireless Station, Totternhoe Knolls and Trelissick. The houses covered include spectacular mansions such as Petworth House and Waddesdon Manor, and more lowly dwellings such as the Birmingham Back to Backs and estate villages like Blaise Hamlet, near Bristol. In addition to houses, the book also covers fascinating buildings as diverse as churches, windmills, dovecotes, castles, follies, barns and even pubs. The book also acts as an overview of the country's architectural history, with every period covered, from the medieval stronghold of Bodiam Castle to the clean-lined Modernism of The Homewood. Teeming with stories of the people who lived and worked in these buildings: wealthy collectors (Charles Wade at Snowshill), captains of industry (William Armstrong at Cragside), prime ministers (Winston Churchill at Chartwell) and pop stars (John Lennon at Mendips). Written in evocative, imaginative prose and illustrated with glorious images from the National Trust's photographic library, this book is an essential guide to the built heritage of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Castles Palaces and Stately Houses of Britain and Ireland written by Charles Phillips and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2016-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated history of 120 royal palaces, significant stately homes and gardens, with 500 pictures.
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Late Medieval Castles written by Robert Liddiard and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from scholars in history, archaeology, historic buildings and landscape archaeology.
Download or read book Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Berkshire written by Nikolaus Pevsner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1966-03-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers the English county of Berkshire. Stretching from the fringes of London, Berkshire originally covered much of present day Oxfordshire. The variety of architecture is, consequently, broad and remarkable, from the towns of the home counties to the farmhouses and churches of its west.
