Get Hold Of Sussex: West Designed By Elizabeth Williamson Accessible As Pamphlet

book is well up to the standard of the series, Its comprehensive, judicious and judgemental, The descriptions of the main buildings of West Sussex are concise without being abrupt and the authors have a real feeling for the county and its landscape.
The previous edition is a classic by Ian Nairn which can be read as much as a work of art as a description of the buildings of West Sussex and it is a tribute to the authors that the new edition stands comparison with it.
This volume covers some of the finest landscape and architecture in southern England, much of it set within the South Downs National Park.
The countys small towns and villages feature a pleasing mix of stone, timber, and brick houses of every period.
Among numerous atmospheric country houses are the Tudor ruins of Cowdray, the Elizabethan mansion at Parham, and the Frenchinspired Petworth in its great park, famously captured in Turners paintings.
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the grandest scale is the mighty Arundel Castle, seat of the Duke of Norfolk, while Chichester, the only city in West Sussex, boasts one of the countrys most importantthcentury cathedrals.
Among many major ecclesiastical and educational establishments built in theth century, none is more impressive than Lancing College set high above the coast.
New research accompaniesspecially commissioned color photographs in this authoritative and expert guide, .