Historic Houses and Gardens: 100 Amazing Views - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007115709 ISBN 13: 9780007115709

Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrated, 2001

Synopsis

HISTORIC HOUSES & GARDENS is a compilation of 100 vertical aerial photographs of the most noteworthy British great houses and their grounds, taken from the Millennium Map.

St Michael's Mount, set atop a romantic Cornish island; Chequers in Buckinghamshire, the Prime Minister's residence; Chatsworth, Derbyshire seat of the Dukes of Devonshire; Levens Hall in Cumbria, best known for its bizarre topiary; Kensington Palace, for its royalty; Igtham Mote, a Kentish moated manor house; Abbotsford, home and inspiration of Sir Walter Scott... HISTORIC HOUSES & GARDENS brings a surprising new angle to places such as these, and many more.

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM MAP
Still being created, the Millennium Map is a fascinating venture. Inspired by the Domesday Book, Tristram Cary and Joe Studholme of Getmapping.com commissioned four specially equipped aircraft to fly the length and breadth of the country in strips – rather like a lawnmower – each one carrying state-of-the-art camera equipment valued at £250,000. These planes are systematically taking vertical photographs of the whole of the United Kingdom from an average height of 5,500 feet, recording every object right down to a minimum size of 25cm.

So far over 30km of nine-inch-wide film has been taken. After processing, each photograph is scanned at high resolution, subsequently undergoing a process known as geo-correction, which removes distortions caused by the tilt of the aircraft and the contours of the ground; the individual files are then colour-balanced and spliced together to form a single map-accurate 'mosaic' of the entire country.

In what must be the ultimate endorsement of its national significance, Her Majesty the Queen is a private investor in The Millennium Map; and when completed, the map will provide a snapshot of life in the year 2000 as historically important as William the Conqueror's survey of 1086.

About this title

Synopsis:

Bringing a fresh perspective to these houses by showing them in the context of their entire grounds, the photographs in this book draw on the "Millennium Map", the first ever complete, seamless arial photographic map of Britain, and a modern Domesday Book in the making. Still being created, the story of the Millennium Map, which with its pin-sharp quality, is a fascinating one. The English part of the map has been the first to be shot. Starting in April 1999, light and weather permitting, four specially equipped aircraft flew the length and breadth of the country in strips - rather in the manner of a lawnmower - each one carrying state-of-the-art camera equipment. The planes systematically photographed England from an average height of 5,500 feet, recording every object below right down to a minimum size of 25cm. So far over 75,000 individual photographs have been taken on rolls of 9 inch film, each roll measuring over 500 feet long. "Historic Houses" is a selection of vertical aerial photographs of notable buildings from all over the United Kingdom.

From the Back Cover:

St Michael's Mount, set atop a romantic Cornish island; Chequers in Buckinghamshire, the Prime Minister's residence; Chatsworth, Derbyshire seat of the Dukes of Devonshire; Levens Hall in Cumbria, best known for its bizarre topiary; Kensington Palace, for its royalty; Igtham Mote, a Kentish moated manor house; Abbotsford, home and inspiration of Sir Walter Scott... HISTORIC HOUSES & GARDENS brings a surprising new angle to places such as these, and many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrated
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0007115709
• ISBN 13: 9780007115709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128