Comprehensive Book Overview

• The Collaboration: Author Lawrence Weaver conducts a detailed, room-by-room, "leisurely saunter" through the structures. He masterfully critiques Lutyens' bold spatial geometry, structural textures, and interplay of shadow and light.
• The Jekyll Partnership: The text documents Lutyens' historic partnership with famed garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. It details how they used stone walls, pergolas, and structured paths to expand houses organically into nature.
• Visual Documentation: The original 1914 publication spans 344 pages. It is packed with over 300 large-format black-and-white photographs, detailed layout diagrams, floor plans, and meticulous craft drawings.
• Featured Projects: The monograph outlines 45 country properties. This includes iconic estates like Deanery Garden (Sonning), Folly Farm, Hestercombe, Heathcote, and Lambay Castle.

Collectibility and Market Value

Original 1914 editions published by Country Life are highly collectible among architects, historians, and rare book enthusiasts.

Quarter white buckram with gilt lettering on spine with call letters in black on the bottom. Grey boards with a recessed paper label in red and black.

This gives 580 illustrations (mostly photos) of Lutyen houses in a spaciously LARGE format. The last forty pages are of architectural drawings of buildings and other items. 344pp + 16pp (adverts). Overall this is in GOOD condition. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.