Buildings of Scotland S.
5 total works
v. 4
The fourth volume in the Buildings of Scotland series, following in the footsteps of Lothian, Edinburgh, this book looks at the buildings of Dumfries and Galloway.
Briefly traces the development of the city, describes buildings of historic and architectural significance, and includes information about architects and architectural terms and styles.
This illustrated guidebook to Fife features all of the noteworthy buildings and places, famous or unknown, from pre-history to present day. It is intended for visitors, specialists who wish to see buidings not usually accessible and for residents with an interest in their region. This title is the third in the projected 11 volume "Buildings of Scotland" series, following "Lothian" and "Edinburgh".
v. 5
This volume, the fifth in the "Buildings of Scotland" series founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, aims to describe every building of importance from prehistory to the present in the Highland region, Western Islands, Orkney and Shetland. The vast area covered by the book contains buildings and monuments as varied as its landscape - brochs, cairns and ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys, both medieval and Victorian; churches of every period and denomination, their interiors and graveyards often shielding unexpected delights; castles and tower houses and a string of Hanoverian forts; prehistoric farmsteads and Georgian and Victorian farmhouses. Country houses range from a display of ducal splendour through Georgian elegance and Victorian baronial to expressions of the high ideals and simple life of the Arts and Crafts movement. Towns and villages are equally varied, some are of medieval origin, others new creations of the Georgians and Victorians. This is an illustrated guidebook for visitors, for specialists and, not least, for local inhabitants.