Great houses of Scotland

Author(s)

• Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh
• Sykes, Christopher Simon

Bibliographic Information

Great houses of Scotland

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Christopher Simon Sykes

Laurence King, 2001 , Silverdale Books

concise Ed.

Note

Bibliography: p. [237]-238

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

'The Great Houses' featured in this book reveal Scots architecture in its grandest forms. The specially commissioned photographs by Christopher Simon Sykes include stunning close-ups of architectural details and objects, and capture the spirit and style of the houses while Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd's refreshingly personal and informal text is as much about the families, who in many cases still live in these fascinating places, as about the architecture and decoration. This work carries a personal selection of twenty-six houses that reflect the development of style in Scotland, from old tower houses such as Cawdor through Baroque masterpieces like Drumlanrig and the pioneering Classicism of Kinross right up to the Edwardian opulence of Manderston and Ardkinglas.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Blair Castle
• Glamis Castle
• Drumlanrig Castle
• Cawdor Castle
• Dunrobin Castle
• Traquair Castle
• Thirlestane Castle
• Scone Palace
• Dalmeny House
• Kinross House
• Newhailes
• Yester House
• Hopetoun House
• Mellerstain
• Arniston House
• The House of Dun
• Haddo House
• Duff House
• Inveraray Castle
• Culzean Castle
• Gosford House
• Abbotsford
• Bowhill
• Mount Stuart
• Manderston
• Ardkinglas
• Acknowledgements
• Select Bibliography
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB03130003
• ISBN:
  • 1856691063
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [London],Leicester
• Pages/Volumes: 240 p.: col. ill, col. ports
• Size: 21cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mansions -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Castles -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Architecture, Domestic -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Scotland -- Buildings, structures, etc