Stoneleigh Abbey : the house, its owners, its lands / edited by Robert Bearman
2004, First Edition. Stoneleigh : Stoneleigh Abbey Limited in Association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #447502
ISBN: 0904201058
Physical description: 290 p., [1] folded sheet : ill., plan ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. D: M Bonthrone. Contents: From monastery to country house : an architectural history of Stoneleigh Abbey, 1156-c1660 / Richard K Morris -- An archaeology of hospitality : the Stoneleigh Abbey gatehouse / Rochelle L Ramey -- Abbey into palace : a lesser Wilton? / Andor Gomme -- Stoneleigh Abbey in the nineteenth century / Geoffrey Tyack -- Not unmarked by some eccentricities: the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey / Mairi Macdonald -- The Jane Austen connection / Gaye King -- The poet and the paternalist / Norma Hampson -- The medieval abbey : its lands and its tenants / Andrew Watkins -- From hermitage to hunting lodge : Stoneleigh deer park : a landscape history / George Demidowicz -- The park and gardens at Stoneleigh Abbey / Hazel Fryer. Subjects: Leigh family. Stoneleigh Abbey History. Stoneleigh Abbey. Historic buildings England. Warwickshire.
Price: €25.00