| Clwyd: Denbighshire and Flintshire Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hubbard, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300096275 ISBN-13: 9780300096279 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture |
| Dewey: 720 |
| Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales |
| Physical Information: (1.45 lbs) 520 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clwyd, covering the former counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire, is exceptionally rewarding in architecture. the medieval period has left a fine legacy, including castles of the time of Edward I as sophisticated as any in Europe, the monastic ruins of Basingwerk and Valle Crucis, and the distinctive local 'double-nave' type of Perpendicular church. Country houses range in size and ambition from Erddig, Kinmel and Chirk Castle to a host of lesser buildings, humbler but still of quality. Towns such as Denbigh and Ruthin, village groups and Victorian seaside resorts all add to the pattern of styles and materials, a pattern further enriched by relics of the Industrial revolution and the striking diversity of vernacular styles. |