Churches of Hertfordshire - David Gouldstone

Churches of Hertfordshire

Buch | Softcover
96 Seiten
2025
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-1929-1 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
A fascinating exploration of Hertfordshire’s historic churches. Will encourage all those who live in the county or are visiting to discover the history on their doorsteps.
Although Hertfordshire is one of the smaller counties of England, it is well populated with numerous historical towns and other settlements. St Albans Abbey’s influence spread throughout the county but the county has a wealth of other interesting mediaeval churches, including at Hemel Hempstead and St Michael’s in St Albans. Later periods are well represented too, including two often overlooked 17th century Gothic Survival churches at Buntingford and Oxhey, the important Greek Revival church at Ayot St Lawrence, others from the Victorian period (including Ayot St Peter which was influential on the Arts and Crafts movement), and St Martin’s, Knebworth, by Sir Edwin Lutyens from just before the First World War. The monuments, stained glass, screens and other furnishings found within the churches are just as interesting, ranging from a Saxon crucifix to a window from 2013. The county's churches are also particularly rich in corbels and other similar carvings which are often hidden from the casual viewer, but when seen close-up are revealed as fine examples of folk art, ranging from handsome to humorous to hideous and back again.

Churches of Hertfordshire will encourage all those who live in the county or are visiting to discover the history on their doorsteps.

David Gouldstone currently lives in Cambridgeshire but lived and worked in Hertfordshire for many years. He has had a lifelong interest in the churches of Hertfordshire and is the author of the blog Icknield Indagations which is devoted to church architecture. He is also a published author, having written Elvis Costello: A Man Out of Time, as well as several journal articles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.4.2025
Reihe/Serie Churches of ...
Zusatzinfo 100 Illustrations
Verlagsort Chalford
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 1-3981-1929-6 / 1398119296
ISBN-13 978-1-3981-1929-1 / 9781398119291
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
von der osmanischen Eroberung bis zur Gründung des Staates Israel

von Gudrun Krämer

Buch | Softcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
18,95
von der Staatsgründung bis zur Gegenwart

von Noam Zadoff

Buch | Softcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
12,00