Borders / by Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar, and Richard Fawcett ; with contributions from Sabina Strachan, John Gifford, and Ian Gow.

Main entry:

Cruft, Kitty.

Title & Author:

Borders / by Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar, and Richard Fawcett ; with contributions from Sabina Strachan, John Gifford, and Ian Gow.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006.

Description:

xviii, 841 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Series:

The buildings of Scotland
Pevsner architectural guides

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 775-780) and indexes.
Topography, geology and building stones / Andrew A. McMillan -- Prehistoric and Roman Borders / Stratford Halliday -- The early church in the Borders -- The medieval church -- Post-Reformation churches -- Mausolea, monuments and statues -- Mottes, castles and tower houses -- Mansions and country houses -- Roads, railways, harbours and lighthouses -- Burgh and village buildings -- Rural buildings: manses, farmhouses and steadings -- Industrial buildings -- Gazetteer.

Summary:

The history of the Borders is expressed in the buildings described in this book, from castle strongholds and tower houses, the great abbeys, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian public buildings and country houses to the remains of the textile industry ranging from weavers cottages to 19th century mills.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0300107021 (hbk.)
9780300107029 (hbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) Guidebooks.
Architecture Scotland.
Church architecture Scotland.
Buildings Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) Guidebooks.
Constructions Scottish Borders (Angleterre et Écosse) Guides.
Architecture Scottish Borders (Angleterre et Écosse) Guides.
Architecture chrétienne Écosse.
Architecture
Church architecture
Architektur
Kunst
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) Guidebooks.
Scottish Borders (Angleterre et Écosse) Constructions Guides.
Scottish Borders (Angleterre et Écosse) Guides.
Great Britain Scottish Borders
Scotland
Borders

Form/genre:

Führer.
Guidebooks.

Added entries:

Dunbar, John G.
Fawcett, Richard, 1946-
Buildings of Scotland.
Pevsner architectural guides.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 244290
Call No.: NA980.S36 C7 2006
Status: Available

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