Gervase Jackson Stops Books

Very thick softcover with hundreds of photos.

This book reveals the decorative and architectural richness to be found in the English country house. Changing styles are traced from medieval manors to Baroque constructions and the Georgian period. The work of the most influential architects from Inigo Jones to Robert Adam is discussed, and the treasures in their creations captured. Drawing on houses from all over England, including Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Stourhead in Wiltshire, the English heritage is explored.

Eye-catchers and gazebos, belvedere, temples and pagodas, dairies, treehouses and bath houses - the landscape in Britain was enhanced and embellished during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the myriad garden buildings that were designed to complement the main houses set within country estates.