Main entry:

Hartwell, Clare.

Title & Author:

Lancashire : north / by Clare Hartwell and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2009.

Description:

xx, 780 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Pevsner architectural guides
The buildings of England

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Geology and building stones / Fred Broadhurst -- The archaeology of North Lancashire / Humphrey Welfare -- Early medieval architecture, from the c8 to the c14 -- Architecture from the late c14 to the c17 -- Architecture and landscape, c. 1700-1780 -- Georgian churches and chapels -- Secular buildings, c. 1790-1840 -- The industrial revolution in North Lancashire -- Victorian and Edwardian architecture -- Between the wars -- North Lancashire, c. 1940-1980 -- The late c20 and early c21 -- Further reading -- Gazetteer.

Summary:

Each city, town or village is treated in a detailed gazetteer and a general introduction provides a historical and artistic overview. The landscapes of this area of North Lancashire range from the shores of Morecambe Bay to the wild Forest of Bowland.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300126679 (hbk.)
0300126670 (hbk.)

Subject:

Architecture England Lancashire Guidebooks.
Architecture Angleterre Lancashire Guides.
Architecture
Architektur
Lancashire (England) Guidebooks.
Lancashire (Angleterre) Guides.
England Lancashire
Lancashire Nord

Form/genre:

Guidebooks.
travel guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983.
Pevsner architectural guides.
Buildings of England.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 261354
Call No.: NA969.L3 H37 2009
Status: Available