Sussex (The Buildings: Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) - Hardcover

N Pevsner; Ian Nairn

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9780300096774: Sussex (The Buildings: Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)

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ISBN 10: 0300096771 ISBN 13: 9780300096774

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2003

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Sussex turns away from nearby London, towards the sea and the massive ridge of the South Downs. Its coastal resorts are particularly distinguished, nowhere more so than at Brighton where Nash's orientalising Pavilion sets the tone. Elsewhere castles and fortified town walls along the coast attest to Sussex's military past; Chichester cathedral and Battle Abbey to its medieval endowments. In East Sussex, twelfth-century churches are important survivals in villages also rich in the timber-framed houses for which Sussex is famous. On a grander scale, there are atmospheric country houses such as Petworth House and Uppark. The twentieth century makes its mark in the sober and dignified Festival Theatre at Chichester, the exhilarating De la Warr Pavilion at Bexhill, and the uncompromising forms of the University of Sussex campus.

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

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