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ABC/321
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English homes. - Period 3 - vol.2: Late Tudor and early Stuart 1558-1649.
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- 1927 (Creation)
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1 volume
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(22 Aug 1855–16 Nov 1933)
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British writer on country houses and gardens, a garden designer, and Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine for 17 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Avray_Tipping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Avray_Tipping
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A Study of the English Homes from the Late Tudor period, 1558-1649. It comprises an Introduction, followed by the Descriptive and Critical text of the listed Elizabethan and Jacobean Houses. The text is accompanied by numerous plates (photographs, plans) that illustrate the Architectural Novelty in both Elevation and Disposition that develops with the accession of Queen Elizabeth. Buildings included: Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire; Audley End, Essex; Batemans, Sussex; Borwick, Lancashire; Bovey House, Devonshire; Bowringsleigh, Devonshire; Bradninch Manor, Devonshire; Bramshill, Hampshire; Buckland Abbey, Devonshire; Canonbury House, Middlesex; Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire; Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire; Cothelstone Manor, Somerset; Cranborne Manor, Dorsetshire; Deene Park, Northamptonshire; Dorfold Hall, Cheshire; Hatfield House, Hertfordshire; Holcombe Court, Devonshire; Levens Hall, Westmorland; Nettlecombe Court, Somerset; Rashleigh Barton, Devonshire; Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire; Salford Hall, Warwickshire; Sherborne Castle, Dorset; Somerhill, Kent; Stanton Court, Gloucestershire; Studley Priory, Oxfordshire; Swakeleys House, Middlesex; Tissington Hall, Derbyshire; Water Eaton Manor, near Oxford; Broome; Blickling; Cobham; Collacombe; The Hall at Colleton; Gawthorpe; Herringston; Temple Newsam; Westwood Manor.
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- English
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Very good condition