| Nottingham: Pevsner City Guide Contributor(s): Harwood, Elain (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300126662 ISBN-13: 9780300126662 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: A lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century. Outstanding buildings range from the famous Castle, a Baroque palace on an unforgettable cliff-top site, to the internationally important 1930s complex for Boots at Beeston. A rich legacy also remains from Nottingham's Georgian and Victorian prosperity, explored here in a series of walks around the regenerated city centre and its distinctive and varied inner suburbs. Illustrated throughout in colour with specially commissioned photographs, augmented by a wealth of maps and historic views, "Nottingham" is at once the indispensible visitor's companion and an essential reference work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional |
| Dewey: 720.942 |
| LCCN: 2008015846 |
| Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.6" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century. Outstanding buildings range from the famous Castle, a Baroque palace on an unforgettable cliff-top site, to the internationally important 1930s complex for Boots at Beeston. A rich legacy also remains from Nottingham's Georgian and Victorian prosperity, explored here in a series of walks around the regenerated city centre and its distinctive and varied inner suburbs.
Illustrated throughout in colour with specially commissioned photographs, augmented by a wealth of maps and historic views, Nottingham is at once the indispensible visitor's companion and an essential reference work.
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