Welsh Journals

Houses of the Welsh Countryside A study in historical geography Coinciding with, and significantly contributing to, European Architectural Heritage Year 1975, this book is published on behalf of the National Monuments and Buildings Record and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments (Wales). It describes the development of Welsh domestic architecture from the later Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. All house types, from medieval first floor halls and hall houses to the Renaissance gentry houses and small-holders' cottages, are described and discussed in terms not only of plan and construction but also of their historical and geographical significance. 61 pages of maps, 108 pages of plates and 188 pages ofline drawings complement the text, which is based largely on original fieldwork and research. This book should be of the greatest interest and value to historians and geographers, planners, architects, surveyors and to all interested in theWelsh countryside. £ 25 (by post £ 25.62) Special pre-publication price for orders received before I January 1976, £ 19.50 (by post £ 20.12). Please send your orders to The Government Bookshop, 41 The Hayes, Cardiff CFI IJW. Hmso BOOKS