Gwynedd (Pevsner Buildings of Wales): Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Merioneth (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales) - Hardcover

Richard Haslam; Julian Orbach; Adam Voelcker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300141696 ISBN 13: 9780300141696

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The spectacular landscapes of Gwynedd - the historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon and Merioneth - are the setting for many of Wales' greatest buildings. Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech castles are unsurpassed as works of medieval military architecture. Penrhyn is the epitome of romantic castle-making from the Regency age, while the bridges and viaducts constructed for Thomas Telford's new high road and Robert Stephenson's main-line railway are enduring wonders of nineteenth-century civil engineering. The Picturesque tradition makes a late and unexpected flowering at Portmeirion, the bewitching Italianate seaside village founded between the wars by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. Prehistoric and Early Christian sites of immense evocative power are scattered through the mountainous interior, intermixed with a unique inheritance of early industrial monuments, including vast slate quarries and some celebrated narrow-gauge railways. The diverse towns include the planned Georgian settlement at Tremadoc and the ambitious seaside resort of Llandudno. Atmospheric medieval churches, prolific Nonconformist chapels and houses in distinctive vernacular traditions are plentiful throughout. Altogether, no area of Wales is more rewarding to the architectural traveler.

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About the Author

Richard Haslam has contributed to The Buildings of Wales series from its foundation. Julian Orbach is an independent architectural historian. Adam Voelcker is an architect practising in North Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300141696
• ISBN 13: 9780300141696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 800