This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London with its important early Modern Movement houses is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions & parks like idyllic Stowe & the Rothschilds extravaganza at Waddesdon. The Saxon Church at Wing the exquisite seventeenth-century Winslow Hall & Sloughs twentieth-century factories all contribute to Buckinghamshires rich inheritance. In this new edition the unspoilt centres of small towns like Amersham & Buckingham are revisited & Milton Keynes Britains last & most ambitious New Town is explained & explored. The rich diversity of rural buildings built of stone brick timber & even earth is investigated with scholarship & discrimination. This accessible & comprehensive guide is prefaced by an illuminating introduction & has many excellent illustrations plans & maps.