0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R500 - R1,000 (1)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 1 of 1 matches in All Departments

Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire 2018 - Documents and landscapes (Hardcover): Susan Flood, Tom Williamson Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire 2018 - Documents and landscapes (Hardcover)
Susan Flood, Tom Williamson
R868 Discovery Miles 8 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

2018 marks the bicentenary of the death of Humphry Repton, one of the most important and prolific of English landscape designers. Repton made a particularly significant contribution to the landscape of Hertfordshire, working at no less than eighteen places in the county, ranging in size from great mansions like Cashiobury and Panshanger to more modest 'villas' owned by wealthy businessmen and industrialists, such as Woodhill in Essendon. This book - the fruits of many years of research by members of the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust Research Group - describes in detail all of these commissions, assessing in each case the extent to which Repton's ideas were actually implemented and how much survives of them on the ground today. Particular attention is given to those places for which Repton prepared one of his famous 'Red Books', such as Tewin Water, Lamer House, New Barnes and Wall Hall. But sites where Repton's contribution is less well documented are also discussed, including Organ Hall and Hilfield House in Aldenham, Cashiobury Park and The Grove in Watford, Brookmans Park, Bedwell Park, Wyddial Hall, and Marchmont House in Hemel Hempstead. In all cases, the book presents complete transcriptions of all the key documents relating to Repton's activities, including the full text of seven Red Books. The introductory essay by Tom Williamson sets Repton's activities in Hertfordshire within the wider context of his career, and also shows how his work in the county can cast important new light on his style, and on its economic, aesthetic and ideological implications. Profusely illustrated in colour with reproductions of all the Red Book watercolours, together with extracts from contemporary estate maps, sketches and other material, this scholarly yet readable volume will be of considerable interest to garden historians, landscape historians, and all those interested in Hertfordshire's rich historic heritage.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Christian Theology and the Status of…
R. McLaughlin Hardcover R2,591 R1,915 Discovery Miles 19 150
Snow Leopards
Tom McCarthy, David Mallon, … Hardcover R3,057 R2,778 Discovery Miles 27 780
The Politics of Animal Experimentation
Dan Lyons Hardcover R3,615 Discovery Miles 36 150
Animal Welfare and International…
Werner Scholtz Hardcover R3,640 Discovery Miles 36 400
Beyond Animal Rights - Food, Pets and…
Tony Milligan Hardcover R3,537 Discovery Miles 35 370
Animal Ethics and the Nonconformist…
Philip J Sampson Hardcover R1,872 Discovery Miles 18 720
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the…
Noel Fitzpatrick Hardcover R630 R155 Discovery Miles 1 550
Where Oceans Hide Their Dead
John Yunker Hardcover R779 Discovery Miles 7 790
The Ethics of Captivity
Lori Gruen Hardcover R4,078 Discovery Miles 40 780
Inquiring into Animal Enhancement…
Simone Bateman, Sylvie Allouche, … Hardcover R1,854 Discovery Miles 18 540

 

Partners