A wealth of new information is included in this extensively revised edition of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner's Buckinghamshire. Highlights range from the famous Saxon church at Wing to Britain's last and most ambitious new town, Milton Keynes. Also included are a host of remarkable buildings in town and country that are less well known: manor houses and farms, schools and factories.

The gazetteer covers all these varied aspects of Buckinghamshire's architectural heritage. It is introduced by essays, listed below, providing a perceptive overview of the county's buildings, both formal and vernacular. Over 100 excellent photographs, maps, plans and views bring them more closely into focus. Comprehensive indexes make this guide not only an indispensable travelling companion but also an essential reference book for the local resident and the visitor.

CONTENTS : The Geology & Topography of Buckinghamshire; Building Materials - Roger Evans; Prehistoric, Roman and Early Medieval Buckinghamshire - Mike Farley; Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture; Medieval Secular Building; Timber Framing in Buckinghamshire 1200-1700 - John Chenevix Trench; Architecture & Sculpture 1530-1660; Secular Architecture 1660-1720; Country Houses 1720-1830; Park & Garden Design 1660-1830; Smaller Domestic Buildings 1550-1900 - Roger Evans; Rural Industry Up to the 19th Century - Andrew Pike; Ecclesiastical Architecture & Sculpture 1660-1840; Church Building 1840-1914 - G.K. Brandwood; Country Houses 1830-1914; Estate & Village Buildings 1830-1914; Industry & Transport in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Andrew Pike; Urban & Suburban Building 1830-1945; Church Building 1918-93; Planning & Secular Architecture 1945-93; Buildings of Buckinghamshire in alphabetical order of town and village.

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