Scottish Country Houses: 1600-1914 - Hardcover

9780748604999: Scottish Country Houses: 1600-1914

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748604995 ISBN 13: 9780748604999

Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 1995

Examines Scottish country houses from the classical to the little-explored modern villa. This text studies: Sir William Bruce, William Adam, Robert Adam at Walkinshaw and John Smith and Craigievar Castle. Illustrations from the National Monuments Record of Scotland are included.

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Several are charminglyidiosyncratic and all are genuine contributions to knowledge...The mostuseful have a wider range and concentrate on the whole Scottish domesticpratice of architects such as Robert S, William Leiper and the JJ Burnet.Gavin Stamp, The ...this excellent book...the success of this bookis a tribute not only to the skills of its editors...but also to the vigourand variety of Scottish countryhouse studies.Michael Hall, Country Life, October 5th 1995. ...an immensely useful andstimulating account of the Scottish country house.Jill Laver, Architectural Heritage, 1996. Several are charminglyidiosyncratic and all are genuine contributions to knowledge...The mostuseful have a wider range and concentrate on the whole Scottish domesticpratice of architects such as Robert S, William Leiper and the JJ Burnet.Gavin Stamp, The ...this excellent book...the success of this bookis a tribute not only to the skills of its editors...but also to the vigourand variety of Scottish countryhouse studies.Michael Hall, Country Life, October 5th 1995. ...an immensely useful andstimulating account of the Scottish country house.Jill Laver, Architectural Heritage, 1996.

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