ISBN: 0 300 09651 8
A uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range
from the royal splendours of Hampton Court and Greenwich and the Georgian delights of
Richmond, to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth and Southwark. But the book
also charts lesser known suburbs, from former villages such as Clapham to still rural, Edwardian
Chislehurst, as well as the results of 20th century planners' dreams from Roehampton to
Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral,
Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery and the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs
include diverse former country houses - Edward IV's Eltham, the Jacobean Charlton House, and
the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches and school buildings are covered in
detail, as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
