Publisher's Synopsis
This book is an illustrated chronicle of some of England's least known - and finest houses - built between 1066 and the end of the 17th century many of which are still private homes.;Beginning with fortified manor houses, like Helmingham in Suffolk, where the drawbridge is still raised nightly, the author covers a variety of styles all over the country: courtyard houses, such as Cothele in Cornwall; timber-framed manors like Pitchford Hall, Shropshire; gatehouses as at Stanway, Gloucestershire; moated houses like Markenfield, Yorkshire and castles such as Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. He has photographed both exteriors and interiors, revealing details of plasterwork, stone carving and panelling.;The author's other books include "Private Palaces" (Chatto, 1985) and his photographs have appeared in "Harper's", "Tatler", "Vogue" and "Interiors".
