| Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen Contributor(s): Sharples, Joseph (Author), Walker, David (Author), Woodworth, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 030021555X ISBN-13: 9780300215557 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional - Architecture | History - General - Travel | Europe - Great Britain |
| Dewey: 720.9 |
| Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 4.7" W x 8.6" (2.05 lbs) 800 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second of two books exploring the buildings of the north-east of Scotland, this volume surveys Aberdeen - the nation's third-largest city - and the southern area of Aberdeenshire, including the former county of Kincardineshire. Among Aberdeen's architectural highlights are the great medieval cathedral and burgh church of St Nicholas, the buildings of King's College, and magnificent civic, commercial and domestic buildings of the Victorian and Edwardian age. In addition, the book showcases not only Aberdeenshire's greatest houses and castles including Crathes, Craigievar and Balmoral, the royal family's Scottish estate, but also buildings and monuments as varied in scale and type as prehistoric hillforts, Georgian town houses, rural churches, fishing lodges and textile mills. Both volumes are comprehensively illustrated with specially commissioned colour photography. |