Eccentric Britain

by Chris Coe (Photographer), Des Hannigan (Author), Chris Coe (Photographer), Des Hannigan (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.25

  Eccentric Britain offers a delightful journey from Land's End to John o' Groats, through a succession of over 140 gloriously useless follies, stately homes full of weird and wonderful features and odd artefacts, hills and headlands with magical powers, and buildings that have gone engagingly awry. Scattered among this banquet of the bizarre are colourful events that honour ancient ceremonies or promote wildly illogical sports and pastimes. Packed with stunning, specially-commissioned photographs and organised by area, complete with locator maps, Eccentric Britain explores every quirky corner of the nation, from the Lake District lighthouse that is miles from the sea to Scotland's pineapple-shaped house.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $4.66

  New in paperback for 2006, Eccentric Britain offers a delightful journey from Land's End to John o' Groats, through a succession of over 140 gloriously useless follies, stately homes full of weird and wonderful features and odd artefacts, hills and headlands with magical powers, and buildings that have gone engagingly awry. Scattered among this banquet of the bizarre are colourful events that honour ancient ceremonies or promote wildly illogical sports and pastimes. Packed with stunning, specially-commissioned photographs and organised by area, complete with locator maps, Eccentric Britain explores every quirky corner of the nation, from the Lake District lighthouse that is miles from the sea to Scotland's pineapple-shaped house.