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A uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court and Greenwich and the Georgian delights of Richmond, to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth and Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs, from former villages such as Clapham to still rural, Edwardian Chislehurst, as well as the results of 20th century planners' dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of show more London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral, Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery and the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses - Edward IV's Eltham, the Jacobean Charlton House, and the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches and school buildings are covered in detail, as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- London 2: South
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- 0140710477 1983 Penguin
0300096518 1983 Yale University Press
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- Art & Design, Nonfiction, Travel
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- 720 — Arts & recreation Architecture Architecture
- LCC
- NA970 — Fine Arts 2599.5-2599.9 Architectural criticism Architecture History
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