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Drayneflete Revealed
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Architectural history can be fun -or at least it can be funny. Lancaster, who invented the term āStockbroker Tudorā tells the story of the imaginary town of Drayneflete as it supposedly evolved from the days when āsabre-toothed tigers prowled though the tropical undergrowth where now stands Marks and Spencersā. This typical British town has its grand family, the Earls of Littlehampton, its notables the Parsley-ffidgets and a proud if not always very accurate sense of its history. Writing in 1949 Lancasterās brilliantly witty drawings show the same spot over the centuries from Romans in togas dodging chariots outside the senateā¦
From Rosemary's list on the way that architecture reflects British history.
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