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Tiny Churches - 60 Heavenly Buildings in Britain
Tiny Churches - 60 Heavenly Buildings in Britain
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Wrth iddo deithio ar hyd a lled Prydain ar ei feic, mae'r llenor taith Dixe Wills wastad yn troi i mewn i hen eglwysi i chwilota, i gipio munud o heddwch neu i gysgodi rhag yr elfennau. Mae testun cefndirol, disgrifiadol y gyfrol yn dwyn hanes pob eglwys fechan yn fyw, ac amlygir y nodweddion pensaernïol arbennig sy'n denu sylw. Dros 300 o ffotograffau lliw.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
While travelling all over Britain on his pushbike, non-flying travel writer Dixe Wills is forever popping into old churches to look around, grab a moment of tranquillity or just to shelter from the elements. Descriptive background text brings the history of each tiny church to life and special architectural features are highlighted. Over 300 colour photographs.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780749577681
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780749577681
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Tiny Churches - 60 Heavenly Buildings in Britain
- Awdur / Author
- Wills, Dixe
- Current Price ex VAT
- £16.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £16.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Out of print
- Availability Status (CY)
- Allan o brint
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2018-01-16
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Automobile Association
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 320 pages
- Size
- 150 × 210 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Taith, Twristiaeth, Teithlyfrau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel, Tourism, Guide Books (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Teithlyfrau - Arall (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel Writing - Other (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Dixe Wills is author of numerous books including our own At Night and the sister books in this series, Tiny Islands and Tiny Stations. A travel writer and journalist focusing on eco-friendly travel and the British Isles, he frequently contributes articles to the Guardian, Observer, The Ecologist, Countryfile Magazine and Esquire.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Extending his love of all things tiny into yet another area, this book is his guide to 60 of the loveliest and most diminutive churches that Britain has to offer, many of which are known only to locals or tourists who are simply lucky enough to stumble across them. Each church is so tiny that only about 30 people could fit comfortably inside, and each is open to the public. Representing a unique slice of British local history and attitudes, tiny churches are the great survivors of the world. Unlike grand cathedrals, they were built to serve more humble ends, but they withstood centuries of religious unrest (and the Victorian ‘church improvers’) to survive into this most irreligious of centuries. Today, scattered all over Britain, these atmospheric places retain the essence of what they were when the stonemasons, labourers, smiths, carpenters and glaziers were corralled together to build them.
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