Surrey O'Brien Charles
Surrey O'Brien Charles A newly expanded volume on England's preeminent "Home County," exploring its mix of rural and urban architecture as well as its many major historic buildingsSurrey, originally…
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Surrey O'Brien Charles
A newly expanded volume on England's preeminent "Home County," exploring its mix of rural and urban architecture as well as its many major historic buildingsSurrey, originally published in 1962, was the first Buildings of England volume that Pevsner shared with another author, and Ian Nairn's brilliant, provocative descriptions have been treasured by many ever since. Yet much of the county is still deeply wooded or surprisingly bucolic. For centuries Surrey has been the playground for London, and home to thousands of its commuters.
This fully revised and enhanced edition, the first since 1971, is packed with new information on its major historic buildings - Waverley Abbey, Farnham Castle, Sutton Place and Loseley Park among others - and much-expanded accounts of its Victorian set pieces - Royal Holloway College, Holloway Sanatorium and