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Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of the Isle of Man
architecture
Isle of Man

Isle of Man

Jonathan Kewley

Imprint: Yale University Press

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World

Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of the Isle of Man

524 Pages, 114.00 x 215.00 mm, 113 color + 50 b-w illus.

Hardcover

Hardcover
9780300225020
Published: 28 March 2023

£45.00

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The first Pevsner volume to explore the Isle of Man’s unique architectural inheritance

The Isle of Man has had many incarnations – a land of Celtic monks, the realm of the Norse sea-kings, the petty kingdom of the Earls of Derby, a nest of Georgian smugglers, the retreat of genteel Regency debtors, a major destination for Edwardian North Country holidaymakers, and more recently a “financial centre.” All have left their mark on its architecture, from early crosses and medieval castles to the domestic architecture of M. H. Baillie Scott via thatched cottages, yeomen's farmhouses, and promenades of stuccoed hotels. This unique inheritance has never hitherto been given its due either on or off the island. Drawing on much original research, set out in the usual Pevsner gazetteer format, this volume aims to rectify that.

Jonathan Kewley works for Historic England as an architectural historian and is the former editor of the local journal Isle of Man Studies and a past president of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

“The delight of a new Pevsner is to dip into it, either at random or directed, here via excellent photographs by the author himself and others commissioned from Colin Russell.”—Timothy Mowl, Country Life

“John Kewley, the son of a Manxman, knows his stuff.”—Christopher Howse, Oldie

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