Great Houses Of London By James Stourton

This magnificent book, the fullest account ever written on its absorbing subject, will come as a revelation, even to those who think they know London, for many of the great town mansions featured in it, a good number of which are still in private occupation, are very little known and have never been illustrated before… a major contribution to British architectural and social history’ – Professor David Watkin, Professor Emeritus, Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge. The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades, but their riches within are astonishing