Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 1040
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ISBN-10 : 0300096399
ISBN-13 : 9780300096392
Rating : 4/5 (392 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Oxfordshire by : Nikolaus Pevsner

Download or read book Oxfordshire written by Nikolaus Pevsner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford's unique collection of university and college buildings both old and new form a major part of this book. The city itself with its medieval walls and castle and ancient churches is also fully described. Among the county's distinguished houses are Vanbrugh's Blenheim and Kent's Rousham Park, each in magnificently landscaped grounds, while village churches range from notable Norman examples such as Iffley to G.E. Street's inventive Victorian creations such as St Simon & St Jude at Shipton-under-Wychwood. Other attractive towns in this still strongly rural county vary from stone-built Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds to brick-built Henley on the Thames.


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