Gifford, John The Buildings of Scotland: Highlands and Islands , London: Penguin, 1992

First edition. Blue leatherette, gilt, maps, plans, bw plates, glossary, index Pagination: 683. This volume, the fifth in the Buildings of Scotland series founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, aims to describe every building of importance from prehistory to the present in the Highland region, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. The vast area covered by the book contains buildings and monuments as varied as its landscape – brochs, cairns and ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys, both medieval and Victorian; churches of every period and denomination, their interiors and graveyards often shielding unexpected delights. Castles and tower houses and a string of Hanoverian forts contrast with prehistoric farmsteads and Georgian and Victorian farmhouses. Country houses range from a display of ducal splendour through Georgian elegance and Victorian baronial to expressions of the high ideals and simple life of the Arts and Crafts movement. Towns and vilalges are equally varied; some are of medieval origin, others new creations of the Georgians and Victorians. All these are covered by John Gifford with scholarship and insight.<P>This comprehensive and excellently illustrated volume, its gazetteer elucidated by numerous maps and plans, is an illuminating guide to the architecture of a little-known region, for visitors, for specialists and, not least, for local inhabitants. Contents: Topography and building materials; Prehistoric, Pictish and Viking Highlands and Islands; Medieval churches; Post-Reformation churches; Mausolea and monuments; Castles, tower houses and palaces; Country houses; Forts; Roads, railways, canals, harbours and lighthouses; Burgh and village buildings; Rural buildings; Industrial buildings; Highlands and Islands (Badenoch and Strathspey; Caithness; Inverness; Lochaber; Nairn; Orkney; Ross and Cromarty; Shetland; Skye and Lochalsh; Sutherland; Western Isles). Book: Fine, Jacket: unclipped, edges of inner flaps v sl yellowed, VG+ (Book ref. 2856 )  £ 24.00

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