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Catalytic Conversion: REVIVE Historic Buildings to Regenerate Communities
A report extolling the virtues of saving, conserving, and, where necessary, converting, redundant historic buildings of architectural merit in preference to their demolition, with several case studies included to prove the point. Illustrated. Large paperback. In new condition.
The Guildhall Testimonial: Stop This Folly
SAVE's report published in support of its campaign to save the fantastically elaborate neo-gothic internal fittings of this guildhall turned courtroom in a Grade II* listed building.
Save Severalls: An Arts & Crafts Village for Living and Learning
SAVE's report published in support of its campaign to save the sprawling Grade II hospital complex near Colchester built in Arts & Crafts style and opened in 1913.
Save Paddington's Span Four: This Engineering Marvel Must Stay
SAVE's report published in support of its campaign to save the fourth span of Paddington Station's huge arched canopy added between 1911 and 1916 to Brunel's original much lauded construction.
The Tyntesfield Emergency
SAVE's report published in support of its campaign to save for the nation the Victorian gothic revival masterpiece Tyntesfield House, its contents,and its estate, ahead of a possible private sale and break-up obligated to meet the inheritance of the deceased Lord Wraxall's heirs.
Pathfinder: It's the Poorest Members of Society Who Will be Hit the Hardest
SAVE Britain’s Heritage polemic condemning the Pathfinder Housing Market Renewal Scheme which saw local councils in the North of England use government allocated funds to demolish Victorian terraced houses with a view to replacing them with modern housing, an ambition that singularly failed to ma
William Morris and the Kelmscott Estate
Describes how the C16th Kelmscott Manor, its contents, and surrounding estate, came into the guardianship of the Society of Antiquaries following the collapse of the ownership bequest to the University of Oxford made in 1926 by May Morris, William Morris’ daughter, a bequest under which the unive
Jantar Mantar: The Astronomical Monument of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II
Attractive large full colour guide to the elaborate outdooor astronomical observatory constructed in 1716 in Jaipur under the direction of Maharajah Jai Singh II with full details, photographs and diagrams of its various large instruments, their design, and their purpose. 56 pages.
Images in Ochre: The Art and Craft of the Kunwinjku
A large album of contemporary paintings drawing upon ancient cultural traditions of animal depiction and ancestral dreamtime symbolism of the Kakadu aborigines of Northern Australia.
Valley Views: Industrial Life of the Valley
A pictorial guide to the industrial history of the Merthyr Tydfil region - its C19th iron and steel works, its pits and collieries, and the Heolgerring Brewery, plus a photographic history of the mid-C20th Tri-ang toy assembly line and the Hoover washing machine factory. Paperback.