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London. 5, East / Bridget Cherry, Charles O'Brien and Nikolaus Pevsner ; with contributions from Elizabeth Williamson, Malcolm Tucker and Pamela Greenwood.
LIBRA NA970 .C44 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cherry, Bridget.
- Series:
- Buildings of England
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--England--London--Guidebooks.
- Architecture.
- Historic buildings--England--London--Guidebooks.
- Historic buildings.
- England--London.
- Buildings--England--London--Guidebooks.
- Buildings.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 864 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Publication of this book, one of six devoted to the buildings of London, marks the completion of the long-awaited revision of the original Pevsner guides and brings the account of the capital's buildings entirely up to date.
- This fascinating volume provides a historical introduction to a uniquely diverse area as well as a detailed gazetteer of individual buildings. Along the Thames, relics of a powerful industrial and maritime past remain, and in the East End, Hawksmoor's Baroque churches still tower over Georgian houses. The contributions of generations of immigrants are reflected in places of worship and cultural centers, while a century of social housing has produced architecture now of historic interest. Further out, medieval churches and country mansions stand among the suburban streets and proud civic buildings.
- Contents:
- Early history: the archaeology of East London by Pamela Greenwood
- The building of East London
- East London from the mid-C17 to 1800
- Early C19 East London
- Victorian and Edwardian East London
- The twentieth century: building between the wars
- Post-war East London
- Docklands
- East London from the mid 1980s
- Gazetteer
- Barking and Dagenham
- Havering
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Tower hamlets
- Waltham Forest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [766]-774) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0300107013
- OCLC:
- 57431801
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