Wednesday, 29 March 2017




I've been enjoying this book slowly, not so much for the wealth of architectural detail but for wonderful stories like this.
Would you have guessed that this is a design - not for a castle in Spain - but for Selfridge Castle, drawn up for the flamboyant owner of the department store - near Bournemouth! It was never built. Probably just as well.
 
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3 comments:

  1. galant30 March 2017 at 18:14

    I absolutely loved this book, Tinniswood is such a good writer. The only drawback was that the book, while not particularly large for a book of this kind (social history, illustrated) was physically very heavy for me to handle which took some of the pleasure away.
    Margaret P
    www.margaretpowling.com

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  2. Vronni's Style Meanderings30 March 2017 at 19:43

    Good Lord! That 'castle' looks more like a state building - a parliamentary type building even.

    I think I would loved to have been a country house guest at one of those wonderful homes but I was far more likely to gave been a household servant...

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  3. Mary30 March 2017 at 22:35

    That's why it's taken me so long, Margaret - it's not handbag-sized!

    If i could have been head cook, Veronica, I'd have far preferred downstairs to endless chitchat and dressing-up.

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