Title: English Country Houses Open To The Public
Author: Christopher Hussey
Publisher: Scribner’s & Sons, 1951
Text by Christopher Hussey; 208 pages, black and white illustrations
This volume looks specifi cally at homes that could be toured by the public, acting as sort
of an accessible guidebook for architecture enthusiasts. Author Christopher Hussey,
was one of the 20th century’s foremost authorities on British domestic architecture,
and English Country Houses Open to the Public off ers his expertise in recounting the
history of British architectural styles and landscape design for large estates. Hussey
takes care to document these structures with over 350 interior and exterior black and
white photographs, some aerial to show their communication with the large gardens
and properties that surrounded them.
