London 2: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)

by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner

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London 2: South is a uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court and Greenwich and the Georgian delights of Richmond, to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth and Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs, from former villages such as Clapham to still rural, Edwardian Chislehurst, as well as the results of twentieth-century planners' dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral, Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery and the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses - Edward IV's Eltham Palace, the Jacobean Charlton House, and the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches and school buildings are covered in detail, as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
  • ISBN10 0300096518
  • ISBN13 9780300096514
  • Publish Date 11 March 1983
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 800
  • Language English