The Cotswold House: Stone Houses and Interiors from the English Countryside

About this book

Featuring exceptional photographs from Country Life the renowned magazine of English country living The Cotswold House profiles over fifty of the regions signature stone houses. The region is the second most popular destination in Britain for Americans and these stone houses have inspired American residential architecture and landscaping for generations making this book a must-have for anyone interested in architecture and interiors. The book spans centuries of stone masterpieces. The first section focuses on the earliest medieval houses such as Sudeley and manor houses such as Owlpen and Snowshill as well as important Jacobean homes. The second section looks at the classic country houses like Badminton and Dyrham Park while the third documents stone houses up to the present including Arts and Crafts masterpieces like Ernest Barnsleys Rodmarton Manor and William Morriss Kelmscott. Also included are notable recent additions such as Rosemary Vereys Barnsley House and the "New Classicism" houses of Quinlan Terry.