This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. During the eighteenth century the wealth of the great landed estates funded the golden age of country house building by aristocracy and gentry.
Richard Barras is an urban economist with a special interest in building investment. He is Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School, University College London, UK; one of the founding partners of the consultancy, Property Market Analysis; and author of Building Cycles: Growth and Instability (2009).