Holkham : The Social, Architectural and Landscape History of a Great English Country House
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1910065986
ISBN-13
9781910065983
Publisher
Unicorn Publishing Group
Imprint
Unicorn Publishing Group
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2016
Print length
480 Pages
Weight
1,440 grams
Dimensions
17.20 x 24.50 x 4.70 cms
Product Classification:
Palaces, chateaux, country houses Landscape art & architecture History of architecture
Ksh 12,700.00
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First published history of this famous grade 1 listed Norfolk hall and estate. Fully illustrated with reproductions of estate maps and archive photographs and pictures of family and staff. An important addition to the study of life in the English country house.
Set in a magnificent walled park surrounded by the marshes of the north Norfolk coast, Holkham Hall is a masterpiece of Palladian English country house architecture. Built by the Coke family in 1612, it has been in their possession continuously ever since, and this book celebrates its four hundred years of history.
?Drawing on the meticulous records and documents kept by generations of family and staff, Christine Hiskey offers a brilliantly realized account of its creation, its place within the larger estate and countryside, and its daily lifeincluding the vast changes to its social and economic structures over the centuries. Beautifully illustrated with images of the house, its furnishings and setting, and maps and plans of the house and estate, Holkham is a wonderful tribute to a lost ageone that we can still visit today.
?Drawing on the meticulous records and documents kept by generations of family and staff, Christine Hiskey offers a brilliantly realized account of its creation, its place within the larger estate and countryside, and its daily lifeincluding the vast changes to its social and economic structures over the centuries. Beautifully illustrated with images of the house, its furnishings and setting, and maps and plans of the house and estate, Holkham is a wonderful tribute to a lost ageone that we can still visit today.
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