The North Riding extends from the fells on the Westmorland border to the highest cliffs in England, facing the North Sea. In an area of scattered settlements, Richmond is one of the best market towns in England, as Whitby is one of the best fishing towns. There are the remains of unusually complete and beautiful work at Rievaulx, complemented by fine eighteenth-century landscaping. The North Riding also saw Vanbrugh's astonishing first essay into architecture at Castle Howard, and there are many fine classical houses in a distinctively northern style. Industry has made its mark along the estuary of the Tees, where the Middlesbrough transporter bridge is a unique working survival of early twentieth-century engineering.
- ISBN10 0140710434
- ISBN13 9780140710434
- Publish Date 27 July 1972 (first published 11 March 1967)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 27 August 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 416
- Language English