Oxfordshire
Jennifer Sherwood
(Author)
Nikolaus Pevsner
(Author)
Description
Oxford's unique collection of university and college buildings both old and new form a major part of this book. The city itself with its medieval walls and castle and ancient churches is also fully described. Among the county's distinguished houses are Vanbrugh's Blenheim and Kent's Rousham Park, each in magnificently landscaped grounds, while village churches range from notable Norman examples such as Iffley to G.E. Street's inventive Victorian creations such as St Simon & St Jude at Shipton-under-Wychwood. Other attractive towns in this still strongly rural county vary from stone-built Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds to brick-built Henley on the Thames.
Product Details
Price
$78.00
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publish Date
March 11, 1974
Pages
948
Dimensions
4.8 X 7.2 X 2.1 inches | 0.02 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780300096392
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About the Author
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was the Slade professor of fine art, University of Cambridge, and a fellow of St John's College. He was the first professor of the history of art department at Birkbeck College, University of London, retiring in 1969. He is probably best known for The Buildings of England, completed in more than fifty volumes shortly before his death, and for his An Outline of European Architecture, which has remained a standard work for over forty years.
