Author: John Shipley
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445678209
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of the county's most precious assets shows what makes Shropshire great.
50 Gems of Shropshire
Author: John Shipley
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445678209
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of the county's most precious assets shows what makes Shropshire great.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445678209
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of the county's most precious assets shows what makes Shropshire great.
Slow Travel Shropshire
Author: Marie Kreft
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 178477006X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Slow Shropshire Travel Guide - Insider advice and holiday tips on everything from the best local pubs and markets to Shrewsbury highlights and county walking routes. Also featuring UNESCO-listed Ironbridge Gorge, Offa's Dyke, Severn Valley, Shropshire Hills, Ludlow, Welsh Marches, castles and historical sites, and US connections with the University of Minnesota, the Caldecott Medal, and Yale University.
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 178477006X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Slow Shropshire Travel Guide - Insider advice and holiday tips on everything from the best local pubs and markets to Shrewsbury highlights and county walking routes. Also featuring UNESCO-listed Ironbridge Gorge, Offa's Dyke, Severn Valley, Shropshire Hills, Ludlow, Welsh Marches, castles and historical sites, and US connections with the University of Minnesota, the Caldecott Medal, and Yale University.
The English Folly
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1800346727
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too concentrated to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief. All these sins and virtues, and more, are displayed by the characters in this book, some exhibiting several of them simultaneously. Folly builders were not as we are. They never built what we now call follies. They built for beauty, utility, improvement; it is only we, struggling after them with our imperfect understanding, who dismiss their prodigious constructions as follies. Follies can be found around the world, but England is their spiritual home. Having written the definitive books on follies in Great Britain, Benelux and the USA, Headley & Meulenkamp have turned their attention to the folly builders themselves, people so blinded by fashion or driven by some nameless ideology that they expended great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders. If there was madness in their building, fortunately there was no method in it.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1800346727
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too concentrated to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief. All these sins and virtues, and more, are displayed by the characters in this book, some exhibiting several of them simultaneously. Folly builders were not as we are. They never built what we now call follies. They built for beauty, utility, improvement; it is only we, struggling after them with our imperfect understanding, who dismiss their prodigious constructions as follies. Follies can be found around the world, but England is their spiritual home. Having written the definitive books on follies in Great Britain, Benelux and the USA, Headley & Meulenkamp have turned their attention to the folly builders themselves, people so blinded by fashion or driven by some nameless ideology that they expended great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders. If there was madness in their building, fortunately there was no method in it.
Modelling Historic Buildings and Imaginary Structures
Author: David Wright
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008056
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This book demonstrates the many different modelling techniques used in the creation of realistic historical buildings and convincing imaginary or fantasy structures. Aimed at the railway and diorama modeller, it includes photographs of existing structures, detailed illustrations and plans, followed by step-by-step photographs of the various stages in their creation; practical tips and constructive advice are provided alongside. Special emphasis has been placed on the use of scrap and low-cost materials. It gives guidance on modelling imaginary buildings and structures, with an example project presented from start to finish and also a complete fantasy-based model railway diorama, from concept and design through to the completed layout is covered. The author has written this book to inspire the modeller to try something innovative, and to attract new entrants to this creative hobby. Drawing on his own experience, he shares practical guidance to help the reader to produce models they will be proud of.
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008056
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This book demonstrates the many different modelling techniques used in the creation of realistic historical buildings and convincing imaginary or fantasy structures. Aimed at the railway and diorama modeller, it includes photographs of existing structures, detailed illustrations and plans, followed by step-by-step photographs of the various stages in their creation; practical tips and constructive advice are provided alongside. Special emphasis has been placed on the use of scrap and low-cost materials. It gives guidance on modelling imaginary buildings and structures, with an example project presented from start to finish and also a complete fantasy-based model railway diorama, from concept and design through to the completed layout is covered. The author has written this book to inspire the modeller to try something innovative, and to attract new entrants to this creative hobby. Drawing on his own experience, he shares practical guidance to help the reader to produce models they will be proud of.
Follydock
Author: Lowieke Duran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In 2005, the Dutch artist Lowieke Duran announced an international contest to design an architectural folly--a visually provocative, poetic structure without a specific function--for the Heijplaat district, a once flourishing, now down-and-out industrial dockland area of Rotterdam where there has recently been some promising new development. The 45 winners are collected in this joyful catalogue of experiments. Some standouts include an adobe-style mini-lookout tower, built with Dutch earth; a recycled aluminum "Snake Table" that winds in and out of a series of trees and can seat dozens of neighborhood acquaintances; a concrete-and-mortar oracle; and a giant seesaw the size of a city park.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In 2005, the Dutch artist Lowieke Duran announced an international contest to design an architectural folly--a visually provocative, poetic structure without a specific function--for the Heijplaat district, a once flourishing, now down-and-out industrial dockland area of Rotterdam where there has recently been some promising new development. The 45 winners are collected in this joyful catalogue of experiments. Some standouts include an adobe-style mini-lookout tower, built with Dutch earth; a recycled aluminum "Snake Table" that winds in and out of a series of trees and can seat dozens of neighborhood acquaintances; a concrete-and-mortar oracle; and a giant seesaw the size of a city park.
Kings of the Hunting-Field - Memoirs and Anecdotes of Distinguished Masters of Hounds and other Celebrities of the Chase with Histories of Famous Packs, and Hunting Traditions of Great Houses
Author: Thormanby
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473342007
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
This is a fascinating work, originally published in 1899 contains a collection of biographies and brilliantly entertaining anecdotes from the cream of the hunting elite in the United Kingdom during the Victorian period. Chapters include: The Fathers of Foxhunting, John Peel, Lord Forester, 'Nimrod' (Charles James Apperley), The Dukes of Rutland, George Lane Fox and The Masters of the Devon and Somerset, just to name a few. This fine work is still of great value and would be a wonderful addition to the historian of foxhunting. This work is being republished with a brand new introductory essay on Fox hunting.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473342007
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
This is a fascinating work, originally published in 1899 contains a collection of biographies and brilliantly entertaining anecdotes from the cream of the hunting elite in the United Kingdom during the Victorian period. Chapters include: The Fathers of Foxhunting, John Peel, Lord Forester, 'Nimrod' (Charles James Apperley), The Dukes of Rutland, George Lane Fox and The Masters of the Devon and Somerset, just to name a few. This fine work is still of great value and would be a wonderful addition to the historian of foxhunting. This work is being republished with a brand new introductory essay on Fox hunting.
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities
Author: John Timbs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
English Eccentrics
Author: John Timbs
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732631761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: English Eccentrics by John Timbs
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732631761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: English Eccentrics by John Timbs
The Country Houses of Shropshire
Author: Gareth Williams
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275391
Category : Architecture and society
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275391
Category : Architecture and society
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities
Author: John Timbs
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities is a humorous work by John Timbs. An entertaining and light reading that covers different personalities, in a quirky fashion that Brits are well acquainted with.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities is a humorous work by John Timbs. An entertaining and light reading that covers different personalities, in a quirky fashion that Brits are well acquainted with.