Preposterous erections: a book of English towers

Preposterous erections: a book of English towers by Peter Ashley. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780711233584.

Eighteenth-century eye-catchers, nineteenth-century ego boosters, twentieth- century communicators, towers continually rise up into our collective consciousness. They are the landmarks of our journeys, the map pins of our personal geographies; always looked-out for, always in the corner of the eye. Preposterous Erections brings together sixty uniquely fascinating towers from all corners of England. From the parkland Brizlee Tower in Northumberland to the coastal Doyden Castle in Cornwall, Peter Ashley tells us their stories through his own very individual photographs and his witty and irreverent commentary. Although there is an obvious core of eighteenth and nineteenth-century landowners eccentricities, the more recent past is not forgotten, including the instantly recognisable Post Office tower in Londons Fitzrovia and the more retiring Lewiss department store art deco tower in Leicester.