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ABC/322
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English homes. - Period 3 - vol.1: Late Tudor and early Stuart 1558-1649. - 2nd ed
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- 1929 (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: Avebury Manor, near Marlborough, Witlshire; Beaudesert, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire; Benthall Hall, Shropshire; Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire; Breccles Hall, Norfolk; Charlton House; Chastleton House, Oxfordshire; Chequers Court, Buckinghamshire; Condover Hall, near Shrewsbury; Daneway House, Gloucestershire; Kildwick Hall, Yorkshire; Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire; Knole, Kent; Madeley Court, Shropshire; Mells Manor House, Somerset; Montacute House, Somerset; Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire; Pitchford Hall, Shrewsbury; Plaish Hall, Shropshire; Plas Mawr, Carnavonshire; Quenby Hall, Leicestershire; Seckford Hall, Suffolk; Shipton Hall, Shropshire; Whitehall, Shrewsbury; Whitton Court, Shropshire; Wollaton Hall, Nottingham; Arbury; Astonbury; 'Abbey' House, Beckington; Bletchley; Tudor House, Broadway; Buckhurst; Burghley House, Campden House, Banqueting House; Chelvey Court, Somerset; Cold Ashton Manor; Cuckfield Park, Sussex; Eyton-on-Severn; Hall at Ford House; Haughmond Abbey; High Ercall, Shropshire; Holdenby; Iron Acton; Iron Acton; KEderminster Library and Pew in Langley Church; St. John's Church, Leeds; Postlip Manor; Houses in Rochester; Sandford Orcas, Somersetshire; Houses in Shrewsbury; Somerhill; Staton Court, Gloucestershire; Stanway, Gloucestershire; Newel Finials from Thame; House near Wellington; King's Manor, York.
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- English
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Very good condition