Anthony Jennings

The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage

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A humdinging page-turner of a bookThe SpectatorThis book will give great pleasureCountry LifeTraditional English rectories and vicarages have been neglected by the Church in the post-war years, but have become highly desirable to property buyers, and are now cherished by their new private owners. They combine many coveted qualities: their fine architecture, their air of civilisation, their charm and character, the traditional values and the essential Englishness they evoke, their large gardens and often splendidly rural locations.This book is about these fine houses, their place in English history and the history of the Church, their architec… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Aslet, Clive (Solist)

ISBN: 978-1-910519-51-6
EAN: 9781910519516
Produktnummer: 27250011
Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 388 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.9 cm 998 g
Gewicht: 998

Über den Autor

Anthony Jennings read classics and philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, before qualifying as a solicitor. As Senior Legal Adviser and Company Secretary at Texaco (later Chevron), he specialised in oil and gas and marine and shipping law. He is now Director of Save Our Parsonages, and on the council of the English Clergy Association and the committee of the Patrons Group. He is a member of the Bloomsbury Conservation Area Advisory Committee, on the committee of Bourne Civic Society, and a trustee of Bourne Preservation Trust.