Sir Nicholas Pevsner published the first volume of England buildings 75 years ago this year. Published between 1951 and 1974, the now-legendary series by county explores 46 volumes worth of English architecture, from Cornwall to Cumbria, London to Lancashire. Scotland, Ireland and Wales were added in the late 1970s.
Although the guides cover all architectural styles, the writer and art historian personally favored Victorian architecture: he was a founding member of Victorian society, and for more than five decades lived in a three-bedroom Victorian home adjacent to Hampstead Heath in London.
Pevsner died in 1983, but his evidence has continued to be published and revised. The brochures provide detailed information on all types of architecture, and are a valuable reference source for both professionals and anyone with a general interest in an area and its buildings.
All three of the following properties are featured in Pevsner’s directories and are currently for sale:
Rymans, below, is an impressive Grade I listed building that Pevsner described as “a delightful little 15th-century manor house.” According to Historic England, the original part of the house was built for the eminent lawyer William Rayman around 1410 and consisted of a splendid three-story stone tower with three-lobed windows and a two-story south wing under a tiled roof.
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