Great houses of London

Great houses of London

1st Frances Lincoln ed.

[London] : Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, 2012.

328 p. : colored ill. ; 32 cm.

728.8 S877 2012

(OCoLC)814522913

The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades but their riches within are astonishing. From the romantic 17th century Ashburnham House, nestling in the shadow of Westminster Abbey, through the splendid 18th century aristocratic palaces of the West End, to the curious and quirky arts and crafts houses of Holland Park and Kensington, to the cool modernist houses of Hampstead and the exuberant post-modern interiors of the last thirty years, every house has its own story to tell.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-318) and index.
Contents: Lambeth Palace -- Ashburnham House -- Marlborough House -- 10 Downing Street -- Wimborne House -- 44 Berkeley Square -- The House of St Barnabas -- The Mansion House -- Coventry House -- 3 Grafton Street -- Spencer House -- 20 St. James's Square -- Home House -- Stratford House -- Dover House -- Sir John Soane's Museum -- Apsley House, No. 1 London -- Regent's Park Villas -- Lancaster House -- Bridgewater House -- Seaford House -- Kensington Palace Gardens -- Dudley House -- The Speaker's House -- 4 Cheyne Walk -- Leighton House -- The Italian Embassy -- Linley Sambourne House -- Tower House -- Astor House -- The Brazilian Embassy -- Debenham House -- 46 Grosvenor Street -- 6-9 Carlton House Terrace -- 64 Old Church Street -- 2 Willow Road -- 10 Milner Street -- Spitalfields houses -- Richard Rogers House -- The Jencks House -- Malplaquet House.
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