Donald Buttress /
Powell, Ken, 1947-
Donald Buttress / by Kenneth Powell. - vii, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour)
Churches -- Cathedrals -- Westminster Abbey -- Tonbridge Chapel -- Monuments and memorials -- Church furnishings : metawlwork, woodwork and glass -- Postscript, som ehouses, and a personal reflection on my professional life / Donald Buttress.
"Buttress's pragmatic traditionalism has underpinned his work as a saviour of threatened buildings, sometimes putting him at odds with hardline preservationists. Surveyor of Westminster Abbey for more than a decade, he directed a major programme of repair and enrichment... In this book Kenneth Powell records a career that has encompassed work in historic houses and even a major development project in Canada. Butress's work is here celebrated and offered as an inspiration to future generations."--
9781907730993
Buttress, Donald, subject.
Westminster Abbey.
Church architecture--Conservation and restoration.
Abbeys--England--London--Westminster.
920
Donald Buttress / by Kenneth Powell. - vii, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour)
Churches -- Cathedrals -- Westminster Abbey -- Tonbridge Chapel -- Monuments and memorials -- Church furnishings : metawlwork, woodwork and glass -- Postscript, som ehouses, and a personal reflection on my professional life / Donald Buttress.
"Buttress's pragmatic traditionalism has underpinned his work as a saviour of threatened buildings, sometimes putting him at odds with hardline preservationists. Surveyor of Westminster Abbey for more than a decade, he directed a major programme of repair and enrichment... In this book Kenneth Powell records a career that has encompassed work in historic houses and even a major development project in Canada. Butress's work is here celebrated and offered as an inspiration to future generations."--
9781907730993
Buttress, Donald, subject.
Westminster Abbey.
Church architecture--Conservation and restoration.
Abbeys--England--London--Westminster.
920