Lost Country Houses of Suffolk Roberts W.M.
Lavishly illustrated account of forty magnificent country houses, destroyed in the last century.The Lost Country Houses of Suffolk, well-researched and written and copiously illustrated, will help the…
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Lavishly illustrated account of forty magnificent country houses, destroyed in the last century.The Lost Country Houses of Suffolk, well-researched and written and copiously illustrated, will help the reader to imagine the county's landscape refurnished with the many elegant mansions which are now sadly lost. JOHN BLATCHLYDuring the twentieth century some forty of Suffolk's finest country houses vanished forever, a few by fire, but more frequently through demolition, either because uneconomic to run, or through the deterioration oftheir fabric. This book relates their tragic stories, with lavish use of engravings, images and pictures to bring to life what has now gone forever. It offers an account of each house [its history, its family, its architect], with a description of the buildings, and particular information on how it came to be destroyed. The houses are put into their