Lincolnshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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A comprehensive survey of the buildings of Lincolnshire: the amount of collective information in this series never ceases to amaze me. Pevsner taught me much of what I know (such as it is) about medieval English architecture, my particular focus being on churches and castles. Starting with only a very little superficial knowledge of the topic, it was hard reading at first. But (with frequent use of the glossaries always provided in the series and with the photographic plates and Google image searches to help me visualise) Pevsner was always a quiet guiding presence leading me to deeper understanding. Of course, other research material focused on particular buildings, regions, and fields of study are always necessary along the way, but this series is always the quintessential road map.Lincolnshire and this volume on it stand out to me for the region's wonderful and frequent 14th-15th century parish churches. The obvious examples are Grantham, Heckington, Ewerby, Louth, and Boston, but there are many others not nearly so well known. Towering above them all is the cathedral of Lincoln, where so many of the ideas originated that would be developed in Lincolnshire's (and in England's) churches, great and small.As always, the entries are preceded by introductions to Geology and Building Materials; Archaeology; Industrial Archaeology; Lesser Rural Building; Churches; and Secular Buildings, by various authors. There are 124 black-and-white photographic plates in the center of the book, and a useful glossary and indexes at the back.
