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Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles nearly 1,450 UK sites which boast follies, grottoes or garden buildings of original or eccentric aspect.
Author: Barbara Jones
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 480
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised edition of a book which lists follies and grottoes in Great Britain and Ireland gives dates and a brief description of each one. The illustrations are from old prints and engravings, architectural plans and photographs.
Author: Celia Fisher
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2022-11-28
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1789146364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautifully illustrated history of these quirky ornamental buildings in gardens across the globe. Are they frivolous or practical? Follies are buildings constructed primarily for decoration, but they suggest another purpose through their appearance. In this visually stunning book, Celia Fisher describes follies in their historical and architectural context, looks at their social and political significance, and highlights their relevance today. She explores follies built in protest, follies in Oriental and Gothic styles, animal-related follies, waterside follies and grottoes, and, finally, follies in glass and steel. Featuring many fine illustrations, from historical paintings to contemporary photographs and prints, and taking in follies from Great Britain to Ireland, throughout Europe, and beyond, The Story of Follies is an amusing and informative guide to fanciful, charming buildings.
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Heritage Ebooks
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 1908619031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Account of those Architectural Eccentricities commonly known as Follies to be found in the County
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Heritage Ebooks
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 1908619309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Account of those Architectural Eccentricities commonly known as Follies to be found in the County
Author: Claude Hitching
Publisher: ACC Distribution
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781870673761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title tells the story of James Pulham & Son, the eminent family of Victorian and Edwardian landscape artists who specialised in the construction of picturesque rock gardens, ferneries, follies and grottes. The book covers more than four generations of the family business that was responsible for terracotta garden ornaments.
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Heritage Ebooks
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 1908619007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Account of those Architectural Eccentricities commonly known as Follies to be found in the County
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Heritage Ebooks
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 47
ISBN-13: 1908619333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Account of those Architectural Eccentricities commonly known as Follies to be found in the County
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: Heritage Ebooks
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 1908619228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Account of those Architectural Eccentricities commonly known as Follies to be found in the County
Author: Gwyn Headley
Publisher: National Trust
Published: 2012-07-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781907892301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritain's countryside is liberally sprinkled with follies – eccentric, original buildings built for fun by landowners and aristocrats over the centuries. They include prospect towers, ornamental temples, rustic hermits' cottages, faux-prehistoric stone circles, and some buildings that don't seem to have had any purpose at all. In this fascinating and stylish book, folly expert Gwyn Headley brings together some of the most beautiful and intriguing follies cared for by the National Trust, from the craggy fake ruin at Mow Cop in Cheshire to the elegant buildings created by Henry Hoare for his great landscape garden at Stourhead. He also introduces some very extraordinary characters, such as Frederick Hervey, the 'Earl-Bishop', who had an obsession with women, volcanoes and rotundas, and Sir Thomas Tresham, whose fervent Catholicism inspired him to create the extraordinary Lyveden New Bield, an unfinished building suffused with religious symbolism. Fully illustrated with exquisite images of these remarkable buildings, this insightful book will inspire the folly-hunter in us all.
