Lost Mansions and Houses of Lanarkshire by Dan Sweeney

Dan Sweeney’s new book chronicles and describes one hundred mansions and houses which have been lost to the landscape of Lanarkshire. Details of the houses are interwoven with snapshots of the people who occupied them to provide a readable record of Lanarkshire’s past. With over 130 photographs and drawings the book will appeal to those interested in Lanarkshire’s local history, its domestic architectural heritage and its industrial development.
Paperback: 216 pages, 132 illustrations. Price: £14.99. Available from branches of Waterstones, the John Smith Bookshop at the University of Strathclyde, the Hyndland Bookshop, Glasgow, and Atkinson-Pryce Books, Biggar. Also, post free in the UK, at www.js-strath.co.uk/product/9780992714871
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