Clwyd: Denbighshire and Flintshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales) - Hardcover

Hubbard, E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300096275 ISBN 13: 9780300096279

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1986

Synopsis

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.

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"The greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world." -- Jonathan Meades, The Observer, 25th November 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0300096275
• ISBN 13: 9780300096279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520