The fate of the English country house

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index. Contents: A Television Setting, and Three Houses Near Oxford -- What a Country House Used to Mean -- Tearing Them Down -- To the Rescue -- The Country House Owner Today -- Five Ways to Pay the Bills -- Opening to the Public -- Separate Quarters -- Recycling Country Houses -- Giving Your House Away: The National Trust Today -- Letting It Decay -- Some Tentative Conclusions -- Appendix: Definitions and Numbers -- Notes -- Index. Subjects: National Trust; Country homes Economic aspects England; Country homes Remodeling for other use England; Country homes Economic aspects; Country homes Remodelling for other use England; Country homes-England; Country houses British Isles 20th century; Upper classes British Isles 20th century.