Product Description

This volume covers buildings as different as the modernist suburb of New Ash Green and the ragstone sobriety of Knole, originally the Archbishop's palace and little altered since its seventeenth-century remodelling. West Kent has notable domestic buildings of all periods, from the timber-framed 'Wealden' house to the Palladian masterpiece of Mereworth Castle and Philip Webb's Red House built for William Morris, the Arts-&-Crafts house par excellence. The Norman castle and cathedral at Rochester make an unforgettable pairing, while Hildenborough church is but one of many delights in an area unusually rich in Victorian church architecture. The elegant townscape of Tunbridge Wells and the Georgian dockyards at Chatham further demonstrate the breadth of building to be found in this area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #397891 in Books
• Published on: 1976-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 688 pages

Jonathan Meades, The Observer, 25th November 2001.
"The greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world."

Customer Reviews

Bill's 70th
This book was purchased as a birthday gift for my brother-in-law as he lives
in that county although not exactly within the area covered by this book.

I have a number of the Pevsner books covering Yorkshire and surrounding counties and though he would appreciate the detailed information for Kent.

This appeared to have been a successful purchase as he was able to quote items from the contents.