Revealing the Charterhouse : the making of a London landmark /
The Charterhouse is one of London?s great survivals. It was established as a Carthusian monastery in 1371 on a site next to a Black Death burial ground, and over the centuries it has served as private house, a boys? school and since 1611 as an almshouse, which it remains to this day.0This major publ...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
the Charterhouse : in association with D Giles Limited,
2016.
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| Summary: | The Charterhouse is one of London?s great survivals. It was established as a Carthusian monastery in 1371 on a site next to a Black Death burial ground, and over the centuries it has served as private house, a boys? school and since 1611 as an almshouse, which it remains to this day.0This major publication celebrates Charterhouse?s reopening as a museum in 2016. It includes a series of illustrated essays on the archaeology, history, landscape, environment and architecture of the Charterhouse. It follows its story from its foundation as a monastery, dissolution in 1535 and subsequent transformation into a fine Tudor Mansion in the grounds, its establishment as both a school for boys and hospital for elderly men, to its continuing role today as a charity providing care for over 40 Brothers. |
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| Item Description: | Subtitle from spine. |
| Physical Description: | 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781907804984 1907804986 9780992710910 099271091X |