1st edition. ~ Cloth, dj, F/F. vi+274pp, 230 b/w & colour illustrations, index, a nice fine copy. ~ A collection of essays on town & country architecture and buildings. The essays cover Irish Architecture & Country Houses, Coffee Houses in London & The English Country House.

revised 2nd impression. ~ Cloth, dh, F/F. xxii+218pp, 420 illustrations on 150pp b/w plates, 33 plans & figs, index, 2 maps at rear one folding, a fine copy. ~ Well illustrated survey of the boom in the building of Huge Country Houses for the rich of Industrial Britain in the Victorian Age. The book is in two halves, the first looks at the design, styles, technology and building of the houses along with the social & architectural background whilst the second half gives histories of 29 houses.

First Edition 218 pp, 400 illustrations, small piece missing from the head of the dustjacket 28c