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ABC/326
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English homes. – Period 4 – vol.2.: 1699-1736
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- [1920-1937] (Creation)
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1 volume
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(22 Aug 1855–16 Nov 1933)
Biographical history
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 Architectural Works of Sir John Vanbrugh and his School, 1699-1736. It comprises an Introduction, followed by the Descriptive and Critical text of the Buildings represented. The text is accompanied by numerous plates (photographs, plans) that illustrate the characteristics of these constructions. Buildings included: Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Blenheim Palace, near Oxford; Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; Easton Neston, Northamptonshire; Kings Weston, Gloucestershire; Stowe House, near Buckingham; Claremont, Esher, Surrey; Eastbury Park, Dorset; Vanbrugh Castle, by Greenwich Park; Duncombe Park, near Helmsley, Yorkshire; Gilling Castle, near Helmsley, Yorkshire; Compton Verney, near Kineton, Warwickshire; Oulton Park, east of Chester; Beningbrough Hall, near York; Shotover Park, near Oxford; Frampton Court, Gloucestershire; Seaton Delaval, Northumberland; Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, Durham; Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire; All Souls College, Oxford; Audley End, Essex; Britwell Court, Oxfordshire; Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Claredon Buildings, Oxford; Dunglass, Haddingtonshire; Eastbury Park, Dorsetshire; Greenwich Hospital, London; Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire; Orangery at Kensington Palace, London; Design for King's College, Cambridge; Sketch for Magdalen College, Oxford; Gateway at New Malton, Yorkshire; Queen's College, Oxford; At. Alphege's Church, Greenwich; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Seaton Delaval, Northumberland; Vanburgh House, St. Michael's St., Oxford; Wheatley, Oxfordshire.
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- English
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Very good condition