Birmingham, Holland Hobbiss and the long influence of Philip Webb
The Arts and Crafts tradition established deep roots in Birmingham during the nineteenth century, resulting in masterpieces such as W.R. Lethaby’s Eagle Insurance being…
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Location, Location, Location: Introducing the New Pevsner Guide to County Durham
When it comes to the desirability of a house, property experts and novices alike have no doubt heard (and used!) the famous mantra: location,…
A Pevsner for Cork
The latest volume in the acclaimed Pevsner Architectural Guides series is devoted to Cork, Ireland’s largest and most southerly county, home of the second…
Ernest Gimson: Past, Present & Future
Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe discuss the life and legacy of Ernest Gimson on the 100th anniversary of his death … Ernest…
The Explorer’s Reward: A New Pevsner Guide to Central Leinster
The fifth publication in the Buildings of Ireland series, Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly explores a broad range of architectural gems in the…
Travels Through West Sussex – The Pevsner Perspective
Yale’s quest to update and expand Nikolaus Pevsner’s iconic guides continues with the new edition of Sussex: West. Containing 130 specially commissioned colour photographs,…
Quirky and Delightful Surprises: Pevsner Guides Revisit Hertfordshire
The new Pevsner Architectural Guide to Hertfordshire is an indispensable and eye-opening introduction to the wealth of fine buildings that can be found right on London’s…
A New Pevsner Guide: Charles O’Brien reveals Hampshire South
The new Pevsner guide Hampshire: South completes the two volume revision of the county and covers the whole of its southern seaboard from Bournemouth in…
In Pevsner’s Footsteps – reflections on a London square
As we look forward to the second Bedford Square Festival, Simon Bradley, joint series editor of Yale’s Pevsner Architectural Guides series, reflects on a…
Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
Splitting the original (and bulky) Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, 1974), into two revised volumes, has numerous advantages. These include,…
A Brief History of Pevsner’s Buildings of Scotland series
‘It’ll be a sort of Scottish Pevsner, then?’ This was the reaction of an unnamed station master at Dunbar station when, as Colin McWilliam…
Pevsner, Warwickshire, and the ‘blasted Bard’
‘Writing in 1965-6, Pevsner caught both the success of the burgeoning Shakespeare industry and the tension with the conservation of a historic market town…’…
New Pevsner Introductions: Shedding Light on Buildings
To celebrate publication of the first two volumes in a new series from Pevsner, we asked Pevsner publisher Sally Salvesen some questions about the…
A Celebration of The Yale Pelican History of Art Series
‘A landmark in art history publishing.’ Yale are very proud to publish the distinguished Yale University Press Pelican History of Art series, described as…
Windows Should Dream… Pevsner & Stained Glass
The subject of stained glass windows has become an increasingly important aspect of the Pevsner guides, both in the revision of the English volumes…
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