England's thousand best houses / Simon Jenkins ; with photographs by Quintin Wright

Includes indices.

Introduction: the English house -- The thousand best -- Acknowledgments -- The top hundred -- Glossary -- Principal periods of English domestic -- List of abbreviations -- Bedfordshire -- Berkshire -- Buckinghamshire -- Cambridgeshire -- Cheshire -- Cornwall -- Combria -- Derbyshire -- Devon -- Dorset -- Durham -- Essex -- Gloucestershire -- Hampshire -- Herefordshire -- Hertfordshire -- Huntingdonshire -- Kent -- Lancashire -- Leicestershire &Rutland -- Lincolnshire -- London, Central -- London, East -- London, West -- Norfolk -- Northamptonshire -- Northumberland -- Nottinghamshire -- Ocfordshire -- Shropshire -- Somerset -- Staffordshire -- Suffolk -- Surrey -- Sussex -- Warwickshire -- Wiltshire -- Worcestershire -- Yorkshire, East Riding -- Yorkshire, North -- Yorkshire, South -- Yorkshire, West -- Index of names -- Index of places.

""England's Thousand Best Houses," by Simon Jenkins, is a comprehensive guide to the country's most impressive and interesting buildings, ranging from grand palaces and mansions to humble cottages and castles, celebrating England's architectural and historical heritage."