The Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS Series of Illustrated Architectural Guides to Scotland)

Mary Miers and Charles McKean

ISBN 10: 1873190298 / ISBN 13: 9781873190296

Published by see below, 2008

2008 RIAS Publishing paperback edition. Light reading wear, else very good condition. Seller Inventory # 2U-CIH6-BIRL

Synopsis:

Drawing on a lifetime's knowledge of this wild corner of Britain, Mary Miers takes us beyond the familiar sounds and scenery of the West Highlands and Islands to uncover an extraordinary record of human settlement, from the earliest 'terraced' houses on the machair of Bronze Age Uist to Scots Baronial piles set amid semi-tropical gardens. On the way she encounters the shrines and stongholds of medieval Gaeldom; planned fishing stations, canals and railways; houses ranging from the fashionable to the vernacular and the Highland urbanism of Portree, Fort William and Stornoway. This richly illustrated handbook reveals how the architecture of the Western Seaboard has transformed itself through at least four cultures - a compelling story of survival and revival. It is a story of holy men and holiday-makers, seafarers, warriors and crofters, and of the enduring infulences of relition and clanship in the face of repeated waves of modernisation. This is the ideal accompaniment for anyone withing to visit some of the most haunting landscapes in the world and learn something of those who inhabit them.

About the Author: Mary Miers is Architectural Writer for Country Life. An architectural historian and journalist, she has also worked in the field of historic building conservation and is the co-author of 'Scotland's Endangered Houses'. In the 1990s she set up and ran Scotland's Buildings at Risk Register. Her family home is in South Uist.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Western Seaboard: An Illustrated ...
Publisher: see below
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good