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Chargement... The Shock of the Old: A Guide to British Buildingspar Philip Wilkinson
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British Buildings is a series on Channel Four presented by Piers Gough, one of Britain's architects. The book deals with Roman architecture, Gothic cathedrals, vernacular buildings, the industrial revolution and modern architecture. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Since I started reading it, I have been paying much more attention to the construction of the buildings I pass. I knew that Saint Mary's church round the corner from where I live (not mentioned in the book) was mediaeval and in the gothic style, but I hadn't known that the rectangular shapes and large windows with thin tracery meant that is is an example of perpendicular gothic, the latest style of gothic.
I also think that frequent trips to Wollaton Park as a child to play on the adventure playground, visit the natural history and industrial museums, go sledging in winter, walk round the lake, feed the ducks and look at the deer, probably made me rather blase about the delights of Elizabethan houses. The book calls Wollaton Hall an Elizabethan prodigy house, and particularly mentions its recently restored prospect room. Its proximity to Nottingham caused the owners to move out and let it to tenants as the city crept nearer in the late 19th century, and nowadays the house and park are surrounded by suburbia and owned by the city council. ( )