Derbyshire

by Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson

The Derbyshire Peak District makes a dramatic setting for some of England's finest buildings: the rambling medieval Haddon Hall, the great ducal seat and park at Chatsworth, and the amazing late Georgian mills at Cromford and Calver. Hardwick, Kedleston and Bolsover add to the register of great country houses, while the architecture of the high spa towns, Matlock and Buxton, creates its own special atmosphere. Less well known are Derby itself, with its Georgian cathedral, and the gentler country to the south, where Repton and Melbourne preserve unusually eloquent Anglo-Saxon and Norman church buildings.

409 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner was one of the twentieth century's most learned and stimulating writers on art and architecture. He established his reputation with Pioneers of Modern Design, though he is probably best known for his celebrated series of guides, The Buildings of England, acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentieth-century scholarship. He was also founding editor of The Pelican History of Art, the most comprehensive and scholarly history of art ever published in English.

Reviews

[Keiran Thegreat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although this edition is over 60 years old almost all the information is still accurate. A detailed and useful architectural gazetteer covering the (historical) county of Derbyshire. B&W photographic plates augment the text of this book. A fascinating book ideal for reference.
NB - there is a new updated edition available containing buildings from the mid-20th century onwards.