Historic Streets & Squares: The Secrets On Your Doorstep

Britain’s favorite house historian investigates our most famous streets and squares. Medieval lanes, Georgian crescents, Victorian squares, and Edwardian streets all appear in this beautifully illustrated book, together with the people who built and lived in them. The many structural challenges and innovative use of building materials and design will all be covered. From London’s Portobello Road and Dublin’s Merrion Square, to Bath’s Circus and Edinburgh’s New Town, these landmark locations reveal the aspirations of city inhabitants and architects. Taken together, these 50 examples tell us much about Britain’s urban development over the past 600 years and highlights more recent attempts to preserve our architectural heritage.