London

Author(s)

    • Bradley, Simon
    • Pevsner, Nikolaus
    • Cherry, Bridget

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London

by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner

（Pevsner architectural guides）（The buildings of England）

Yale University Press, 2002-

  • 1: The City of London
  • 2: South
  • 3: North west
  • 4: North
  • 5: East
  • 6: Westminster

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Vol. 2-4. by Bridget Cherry and Niolaus Pevsner

Vol. 5. by Bridget Cherry, Charles O'brien and Niolaus Pevsner

The 1957 editin of London 1: The Cities of London and Westminster

Vol.1. The City of London: published by Penguin Books 1997, reprinted with corrections 1998, and with further corrections 1999

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

6: Westminster ISBN 9780300095951

Description

This essential guide opens up the treasures of London's most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall, together with the great band of Royal Parks stretching westward toward Kensington. It also includes London's West End (Covent Garden, Soho, Mayfair, and St. James's) and the less well-known Belgravia and Pimlico. For each area there is a detailed gazetteer and brief introduction. A general introduction provides a historical and artistic overview. Numerous maps and plans, over 100 new color photographs, full indexes, and an illustrated glossary help to make this book invaluable as both reference work and guide. This is the fifth of six Pevsner Architectural Guides volumes on London available in cloth.
Volume

1: The City of London ISBN 9780300096248

Description

The City of London encompasses architecture of unsurpassed richness and variety, from the Tower of London to Richard Roger's iconoclastic Lloyd's building. This guide unlocks the city's treasures and investigates its growth.
Volume

2: South ISBN 9780300096514

Description

London 2: South is a uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court and Greenwich and the Georgian delights of Richmond, to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth and Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs, from former villages such as Clapham to still rural, Edwardian Chislehurst, as well as the results of twentieth-century planners' dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral, Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery and the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses - Edward IV's Eltham Palace, the Jacobean Charlton House, and the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches and school buildings are covered in detail, as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
Volume

3: North west ISBN 9780300096521

Description

A comprehensive architectural guide encompassing three centuries of metropolitan growth spanning an area from Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport and the outer fringes of Middlesex.
Volume

4: North ISBN 9780300096538

Description

This volume on London architecture covers the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington. It gives a view of London's expansion northward from formal Georgian squares, to the hill towns of Hampstead and Highgate.
Volume

5: East ISBN 9780300107012

Description

Publication of this book, one of six devoted to the buildings of London, marks the completion of the long-awaited revision of the original Pevsner guides and brings the account of the capital's buildings entirely up to date. This fascinating volume provides a historical introduction to a uniquely diverse area as well as a detailed gazetteer of individual buildings. Along the Thames, relics of a powerful industrial and maritime past remain, and in the East End, Hawksmoor's Baroque churches still tower over Georgian houses. The contributions of generations of immigrants are reflected in places of worship and cultural centers, while a century of social housing has produced architecture now of historic interest. Further out, medieval churches and country mansions stand among the suburban streets and proud civic buildings.

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