Kent: West and the Weald The Buildings of England John Newman

This classic architectural survey of West Kent has been used by students and travellers for more than forty years. Now fully revised and expanded to include the great variety of buildings added to the landscape during that time, this indispensable guide offers fresh perspectives on major landmarks such as Igtham Mote, Sissinghurst, and Hever Castle. Kent is home to an extraordinary amount of first-rate architecture, from the timber-framed houses of the Weald and the spacious cathedral of Rochester to the planned, modernist suburb of New Ash Green and the docks of Dungeness.

John Newman first became involved in The Buildings of England as Nikolaus Pevsner's driver, in Berkshire and Hampshire, and as the co-author of Dorset. Besides the Kentish volumes, he has contributed Glamorgan and Gwent/Monmouthshire to the Buildings of Wales series, and is author of the revised Shropshire volume (2006).

"An indispensable companion…" Marcus Binney, The Times

"The revised Pevsner retains the enthusiasm that Newman and Pevsner expressed about the sedilia and piscine 40 years ago." Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph

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