Book Description
London has an amazing range of historic houses open to the public--and this compact, easy-to-carry visitor's guide covers them all. The spectacular buildings range from a 14th century manor to one still being built, from Buckingham and Kensington Palaces to Carlyle's House and the Freud Museum. Among the architects are such greats as Inigo Jones, Robert Adams, John Soane, Philip Webb, and Erno Goldfinger. The social architectural histories are deliciously enlightening, while practical information (addresses, phone numbers, websites, admission costs, and times open) provides everything a tourist needs to plan a trip.
London Houses: A Handbook for Visitors FROM THE PUBLISHER
London has an amazing range of houses regularly open to the public, and this book covers them all. The oldest here is 14th-century Headstone Manor in Harrow; the most recent is 9/10 Stock Orchard Street in Islington, an 'on-going' project. Architects from Inigo Jones and Robert Adam via John Soane and Philip Webb to Erno Goldfinger are represented. In social terms, the spectrum runs from the destitute who filled the workhouse now known as Vestry House in Walthamstow, though servants and the bourgeoisie to aristocrats and royalty busily building and coupling in Kensington and Twickenham. With architectural and social history, biographics and practical information, this book provides everything visitors need to plan a trip back through the centuries.
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