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Showing posts with label Kilve. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Kilve. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Kilve, Somerset

Scotch from the rocks In 1851 the scientist James (‘Paraffin’) Young realized that oil could be distilled from shale, a kind of rock that...

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Philip Wilkinson: I'm the author of The English Buildings Book, Phantom Architecture, Restoration, the book of Adam Hart-Davis's series What the Romans Did For Us, other books about architecture and buildings, and various books on other subjects, including Dorling Kindersley's handbooks on Mythology (written with Neil Philip) and Religions. IN THIS BLOG I share my encounters with some of my favourite English buildings, including many that are little known and that get short shrift in the architectural history books. Look here for accounts of breweries, prefabs, power stations, corrugated-iron barns and the occasional parish church as I share my meetings with England's remarkable buildings. IN THIS COLUMN, JUST BELOW HERE, are some links to a series of short articles that make up a very brief history of English architecture.

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