ISBN: 0 300 095813
The varied architecture of this east Midland area ranges from the Norman glory of Peterborough
cathedral and notable Early English churches to many fine Elizabethan and Jacobean
mansions. The finest of these is Houghton House but the most spectacular is Burghley, of palatial
proportions in a perfect landscape setting by Capability Brown. Southill and Woburn Abbey
display the range and excellence of Georgian houses and landscaped gardens while Wrest Park
and Luton Hoo look back to 18th-century French architecture from opposite ends of the 19th
century. More recently, Whipsnade Zoo exemplifies fine work of the 1930s by Berthold
Lubetkin.
