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ThePevsner Architectural Guides are four series ofguide books to thearchitecture of theBritish Isles.The Buildings of England series was begun in 1945 by the art historianSir Nikolaus Pevsner, with its forty-six original volumes published between 1951 and 1974. The fifteen volumes inThe Buildings of Scotland series were completed between 1978 and 2016, and the ten inThe Buildings of Wales series between 1979 and 2009. The volumes in all three series have been periodically revised by various authors;Scotland andWales have been partially revised, andEngland has been fully revised and reorganised into fifty-six volumes.The Buildings of Ireland series was begun in 1979 and remains incomplete, with six of a planned eleven volumes published. A standalone volume covering theIsle of Man was published in 2023.
The series were published byPenguin Books until 2002, when they were sold toYale University Press.
After moving to the United Kingdom from his native Germany as a refugee in the 1930s, Nikolaus Pevsner found that the study ofarchitectural history had little status in academic circles, and that the amount of information available, especially to travellers wanting to inform themselves about the architecture of a particular district, was limited. He had previously writtenAn Outline of European Architecture for thePelican imprint ofPenguin Books. When he was invited to suggest ideas for future publications by Penguin founderAllen Lane, he proposed two: thePelican History of Art, and a series of comprehensive architectural guides to the English counties which becameThe Buildings of England.[1]
Work onThe Buildings of England began in 1945. Lane employed two part-time assistants, both German refugee art historians, who prepared notes for Pevsner from published sources. Sources used included the inventories of theRoyal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, theSurvey of London, and theVictoria County History.[1] Pevsner, who held positions atBirkbeck College, University of London and theUniversity of Cambridge, spent the academic holidays touring the country to make personal observations and to carry out local research, before writing up the finished volumes. The first of the original forty-six volumes,Cornwall, was published in 1951, and the last,Staffordshire, in 1974.[1]
Pevsner wrote thirty-two volumes himself and ten with collaborators. A further four of the original series were written by other authors: the two Gloucestershire volumes by David Verey, and the two volumes on Kent byJohn Newman. The first volume ofThe Buildings of Scotland was published in 1978, and the first volumes inThe Buildings of Wales andThe Buildings of Ireland in 1979. Revisions to the original English series began in 1962, and continued after Pevsner's death in 1983. Several volumes are now in their third or fourth revisions, and the final unrevised first edition,Staffordshire, was superseded by an updated edition in 2024.[2]
The books are compact and intended to meet the needs of both specialists and the general reader. Each contains an extensive introduction to the architectural history and styles of the area, followed by a town-by-town – and in the case of larger settlements, street-by-street – account of individual buildings. These are often grouped under the heading "Perambulation", as Pevsner intended the books to be used as the reader was walking about the area. The guides offer both detailed coverage of the most notable buildings and notes on lesser-known andvernacular buildings; all building types are covered but there is a particular emphasis on churches and public buildings. Each volume has a central section with several dozen pages of photographs, originally in black and white, though colour illustrations have featured in revised volumes published byYale University Press since 2003.
The volumes originally used the boundaries of thehistoric counties of England, which were current at the time of writing.[3] They largely continue to use the historic boundaries, but have been partially updated to reflect changes in London, Birmingham and theBlack Country, and Cumbria. The volume on the historic county ofMiddlesex, for example, has been superseded by three of the six volumes covering theGreater London area, whereasTyne and Wear, which was established from parts ofCounty Durham andNorthumberland in 1974, is covered in the volumes about those two counties.
Since 1962, the guides have undergone a gradual programme of updating to reflect architectural-history scholarship and to include significant new buildings. Pevsner left virtually all the revisions to others, acting as supervisor only. He ultimately revised only two of his original editions alone:London 1: The Cities of London and Westminster (1962) andCambridgeshire (1970). Both were later revised again by others. The programme of revision of first editions was completed in 2024 with publication of the second edition ofStaffordshire, replacing that published in 1974.
Until 1953, all volumes were published in paperback only, after which both hardback and paperback versions were issued. The revision ofLondon: 1 in 1962 was the first volume to be issued in hardback alone, and no further paperbacks were issued after 1964. Until 1970 volumes bore a sequentialBE reference number, withCornwall beingBE1. The last volume to be so numbered wasGloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean (BE41). ThereafterISBNs identify each volume. Beginning in 1983, a larger format was introduced, and all subsequent new editions have been issued in this format (while, pending revisions, pre-1983 volumes continued to be reprinted in the original, smaller format). All editions are now published byYale University Press.
The list below is of the volumes that are currently in print; for superseded volumes,see below. Where revisions were spread over more than one volume, the preceding edition remained in print until the whole area had been revised.
| Title of current edition | First edition | Co-author(s) or[a] sole author | Second edition | Co-author(s) or[a] sole author | Third edition | Co-author(s) or[a] sole author | Current ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough[b] | 1968 | 2014 | Charles O'Brien | — | — | 978-0-300-20821-4 | |
| Berkshire | 1966 | 2010 | Geoffrey Tyack, Simon Bradley | — | — | 978-0-300-12662-4 | |
| Birmingham and the Black Country | 1966–1974[c] | 2022 | Andy Foster | — | — | 978-0-300-22391-0 | |
| Buckinghamshire | 1960 | 1994 | Elizabeth Williamson | — | — | 978-0-300-09584-5 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 1954 | 1970 | 2015 | Simon Bradley | 978-0-300-20596-1 | ||
| Cheshire | 1971 | Edward Hubbard | 2011 | Clare Hartwell, Matthew Hyde | — | — | 978-0-300-17043-6 |
| Cornwall | 1951 | 1970 | Enid Radcliffe | 2014 | Peter Beacham | 978-0-300-12668-6 | |
| County Durham | 1953 | 1983 | Elizabeth Williamson | 2021 | Martin Roberts | 978-0-300-22504-4 | |
| Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness | 1967[d] | 2010 | Matthew Hyde | — | — | 978-0-300-12663-1 | |
| Derbyshire | 1953 | 1978 | Elizabeth Williamson | 2016 | Clare Hartwell | 978-0-300-21559-5 | |
| Devon | 1952[e] | 1991 | Bridget Cherry | — | — | 978-0-300-09596-8 | |
| Dorset | 1972 | John Newman | 2018 | Michael Hill | — | — | 978-0-300-22478-8 |
| Essex | 1954 | 1965 | Enid Radcliffe | 2007 | James Bettley | 978-0-300-11614-4 | |
| Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds | 1970[a] | David Verey | 1979[a] | 1999[a] | Alan Brooks | 978-0-300-09604-0 | |
| Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and Forest of Dean | 1970[a] | David Verey | 1976[a] | 2002[a] | Alan Brooks | 978-0-300-09733-7 | |
| Hampshire: South | 1967[f] | David W. Lloyd | 2018 | Charles O'Brien, Bruce Bailey | — | — | 978-0-300-22503-7 |
| Hampshire: Winchester and The North | 1967[g] | David W. Lloyd | 2010 | Michael Bullen, John Crook, Rodney Hubbuck | — | — | 978-0-300-12084-4 |
| Herefordshire | 1963 | 2012 | Alan Brooks | — | — | 978-0-300-12575-7 | |
| Hertfordshire | 1953 | 1977 | Bridget Cherry | 2019 | James Bettley | 978-0-300-09611-8 | |
| Isle of Wight | 1967[h] | David W. Lloyd | 2006 | David W. Lloyd | — | — | 978-0-300-10733-3 |
| Kent: North East and East | 1969[a] | John Newman | 1976[a] | 1983[a] 2013 (4th)[a] | 978-0-300-18506-5 | ||
| Kent: West and the Weald | 1969[a] | John Newman | 1976[a] | 2012[a] | 978-0-300-18509-6 | ||
| Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West | 1969[i] | 2006 | Richard Pollard | — | — | 978-0-300-10910-8 | |
| Lancashire: Manchester and the South East | 1969[i] | 2004 | Clare Hartwell, Matthew Hyde | — | — | 978-0-300-10583-4 | |
| Lancashire: North | 1969 | 2009 | Clare Hartwell | — | — | 978-0-300-12667-9 | |
| Leicestershire and Rutland | 1960 | 1984 | Elizabeth Williamson | — | — | 978-0-300-09618-7 | |
| Lincolnshire | 1964 | John Harris | 1989 | Nicholas Antram | — | — | 978-0-300-09620-0 |
| London 1: The City of London | 1957[j] | 1962[j] | 1973[j] 1997 (4th)[k] | Bridget Cherry Simon Bradley | 978-0-300-09624-8 | ||
| London 2: South | 1951–1976[l] | 1983 | Bridget Cherry | — | — | 978-0-300-09651-4 | |
| London 3: North West | 1951–1952[m] | 1991 | Bridget Cherry | — | — | 978-0-300-09652-1 | |
| London 4: North | 1951–1952[m] | 1998 | Bridget Cherry | — | — | 978-0-300-09653-8 | |
| London 5: East | 1952–1965[n] | 1998[o] | Elizabeth Williamson | 2005 | Bridget Cherry Charles O'Brien | 978-0-300-10701-2 | |
| London 6: Westminster | 1957[j] | 1962[j] | 1973[j] 2003 (4th)[k] | Bridget Cherry Simon Bradley | 978-0-300-09595-1 | ||
| Norfolk 1: Norwich and North East | 1962 | 1997 | Bill Wilson | — | — | 978-0-300-09607-1 | |
| Norfolk 2: North-west and South | 1962 | 1999 | Bill Wilson | — | — | 978-0-300-09657-6 | |
| Northamptonshire | 1961[p] | 1973[q] | Bridget Cherry | 2013 | Bruce Bailey | 978-0-300-18507-2 | |
| Northumberland | 1957 | (Ian A. Richmond)[r] | 1992 | John Grundy, Grace McCombie Peter Ryder, Humphrey Welfare | — | — | 978-0-300-09638-5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1951 | 1979 | Elizabeth Williamson | 2020 | Clare Hartwell | 978-0-300-24783-1 | |
| Oxfordshire: North and West | 1974[s] | Jennifer Sherwood | 2017[a] | Alan Brooks | — | — | 978-0-300-20930-3 |
| Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South East | 1974[s] | Jennifer Sherwood | 2023 | Simon Bradley | — | — | 978-0-300-20929-7 |
| Shropshire | 1958 | 2006 | John Newman | — | — | 978-0-300-12083-7 | |
| Somerset: North and Bristol | 1958 | 2011 | Andrew Foyle | — | — | 978-0-300-12658-7 | |
| Somerset: South and West | 1958 | 2014 | Julian Orbach | — | —| | 978-0-300-20740-8 | |
| Staffordshire | 1974 | 2024 | Christopher Wakeling | — | — | 978-0-300-21835-0 | |
| Suffolk: East | 1961[t] | 1974 | Enid Radcliffe | 2015 | James Bettley | 978-0-300-19654-2 | |
| Suffolk: West | 1961[t] | 1974 | Enid Radcliffe | 2015 | James Bettley | 978-0-300-19655-9 | |
| Surrey | 1962 | Ian Nairn | 1971 | Bridget Cherry | 2022 | Charles O'Brien | 978-0-300-23478-7 |
| Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove | 1965[u] | (Ian Nairn)[v] | 2013 | Nicholas Antram | — | — | 978-0-300-18473-0 |
| Sussex: West | 1965[w] | Ian Nairn | 2019 | Elizabeth Williamson, Tim Hudson, Jeremy Musson | — | — | 978-0-300-22521-1 |
| Warwickshire | 1966 | Alexandra Wedgwood | 2016[x] | Chris Pickford | — | — | 978-0-300-21560-1 |
| Wiltshire | 1963 | 1975 | Bridget Cherry | 2021 | Julian Orbach | 978-0-300-25120-3 | |
| Worcestershire | 1968 | 2007 | Alan Brooks | — | — | 978-0-300-11298-6 | |
| Yorkshire: The North Riding | 1966 | 2023 | Jane Grenville | — | — | 978-0-300-25903-2 | |
| Yorkshire: The West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North | 1959[y] | 1967[y] | Enid Radcliffe | 2009 | Peter Leach | 978-0-300-12665-5 | |
| Yorkshire: The West Riding: Sheffield and the South | 1959[y] | 1967[y] | Enid Radcliffe | 2017 | Ruth Harman | 978-0300-22468-9 | |
| Yorkshire: York and The East Riding | 1972 | 1995 | David Neave | — | — | 978-0-300-09593-7 |
The first of the paperback City Guides, covering Manchester, appeared in 2001. It featured a new format with integrated colour illustrations. In most cases the City Guides have preceded a revision of the volume on the county in which they are located, although they go into greater detail than the county volumes and have more illustrations. The Bristol guide, for example, superseded part ofNorth Somerset and Bristol, which at that point was fifty years old, and provided material forSomerset: North and Bristol, published three years later. Two of the guides, one covering Hull and the other Newcastle and Gateshead, remain the most recent volumes on their areas of coverage, as the corresponding county volume has not been revised since their publication. This series appears to be on a hiatus, with no new volumes published since 2010 and none confirmed as in planning.
| Title of current edition | First edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Current ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | 2003 | Michael Forsyth | 978-0-300-10177-5 |
| Birmingham | 2005 | Andy Foster | 978-0-300-10731-9 |
| Brighton and Hove | 2002 | Nicholas Antram, Richard Morrice | 978-0-300-12661-7 |
| Bristol | 2008 | Andrew Foyle | 978-0-300-10442-4 |
| Hull | 2010 | David Neave, Susan Neave | 978-0-300-10702-9 |
| Leeds | 2005 | Susan Wrathmell | 978-0-300-14172-6 |
| Liverpool | 2003 | Joseph Sharples | 978-0-300-10258-1 |
| Manchester | 2001 | Clare Hartwell | 978-0-300-09666-8 |
| Newcastle and Gateshead | 2009 | Grace McCombie | 978-0-300-12664-8 |
| Nottingham | 2008 | Elain Harwood | 978-0-300-12666-2 |
| Sheffield | 2004 | Ruth Harman, John Minnis | 978-0-300-10585-8 |
Two supplementary works – thus far the only of their type – were published in 1998, one covering London's City Churches and the other the Docklands area (seeLondon Docklands inSuperseded and unpublished volumes below). Both were issued in the format of the main series rather than the City Guides. However, unlike the Docklands edition which represented preliminary work for an expanded main volume, the City Churches volume augmented the text inLondon 1: The City, published the previous year. The continued development of the Docklands area meant that the volume was superseded whenLondon 5: East was published seven years later, but the City Churches volume remains current and was reissued by Yale in 2002.
The first volume ofThe Buildings of Scotland wasLothian, except Edinburgh, which was written byColin McWilliam and published in 1978. Nikolaus Pevsner was enthusiastic about establishing a Scottish series, having responded warmly to an unrealised 1959 suggestion by the architectural historianAndor Gomme that the latter could produce it. A major contributor to the Scottish series is John Gifford, who before his death in 2013 authored five volumes and oversaw research on all but one of the remainder.[4]AfterLothian, which was the only volume published in the original small format, a major task was producingEdinburgh (1984) andGlasgow (1990), which were ambitious in their scope of coverage of urban buildings. The remainder of Scotland was covered in the following decades, with the final volume,Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, published in 2016.[4] A revision ofLothian was published in 2024, the first full revision of a Scottish volume.[5]
The series is organised using a mixture of Scotland's currentcouncil areas (e.g.Highland and Islands) and itshistoric shires (e.g.Fife andLanarkshire and Renfrewshire). Some of the Scottish volumes are internally subdivided; for example,Argyll and Bute has separate gazetteers for mainland Argyll, its islands, and Bute. UnlikeThe Buildings of England, none of the Scottish volumes adopt a hierarchy of ecclesiastical buildings, instead grouping them together.
| Title of current edition | First edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Second edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Current ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire: North and Moray | 2015 | David W. Walker, Matthew Woodworth | — | — | 978-0-300-20428-5 |
| Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen | 2015 | Joseph Sharples, David W. Walker, Matthew Woodworth | — | — | 978-0-300-21555-7 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2002 | Frank Arneil Walker | — | — | 978-0-300-09670-5 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 2012 | Rob Close, Anne Riches | — | — | 978-0-300-14170-2 |
| Borders | 2006 | Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar, Richard Fawcett | — | — | 978-0-300-10702-9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1996 | John Gifford | — | — | 978-0-300-09671-2 |
| Dundee and Angus | 2012 | John Gifford | — | — | 978-0-300-14171-9 |
| Edinburgh | 1984 | John Gifford,Colin McWilliam, David Walker | — | — | 978-0-300-09672-9 |
| Fife | 1988 | John Gifford | — | — | 978-0-300-09673-6 |
| Glasgow | 1990 | Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches, Malcom Higgs | — | — | 978-0-300-09674-3 |
| Highland and Islands | 1992 | John Gifford | — | — | 978-0-300-09625-5 |
| Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire | 2016 | Rob Close, John Gifford, Frank Arneil Walker | — | — | 978-0-300-21558-8 |
| Lothian[z] | 1978 | Colin McWilliam | 2024 | Jane Geddes, Ian Gow, Aonghus Mackechnie, Chris Tabraham | 978-0-300-09626-2 |
| Perth and Kinross | 2007 | John Gifford | — | — | 978-0-300-10922-1 |
| Stirling and Central Scotland | 2002 | John Gifford, Frank Arneil Walker | — | — | 978-0-300-09594-4 |
The series has also been extended to Wales, and was completed with the issue ofGwynedd in 2009. Only the first volume,Powys (1979), appeared in the original small format style; this volume has now been superseded by a revised large-format edition, published in 2013. The volumes of the series are organised using a combination of the currentprincipal areas (e.g.Pembrokeshire), thepreserved counties (e.g.Gwynedd), and thehistoric counties (e.g.Glamorgan).
| Title of current edition | First edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Second edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Current ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion | 2006 | Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach, Robert Scourfield | — | — | 978-0-300-10179-9 |
| Clwyd (Denbighshire and Flintshire) | 1986 | Edward Hubbard | 2003 | Edward Hubbard | 978-0-300-09627-9 |
| Glamorgan | 1995 | John Newman | — | — | 978-0-300-09629-3 |
| Gwent/Monmouthshire | 2000 | John Newman | — | — | 978-0-300-09630-9 |
| Gwynedd | 2009 | Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach, Adam Voelcker | — | — | 978-0-300-14169-6 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2004 | Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach, Robert Scourfield | — | — | 978-0-300-10178-2 |
| Powys: Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire | 1979 | Richard Haslam | 2013 | Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam | 978-0-300-18508-9 |
The Irish series is incomplete, with six volumes being published between 1979 and 2020. Research is underway on some of the remaining five volumes:Belfast, Antrim, and County Down;Connacht/Connaught;Dublin: County;Munster, except Cork; andSouth Leinster[aa]. The series generally uses the traditionalprovinces andcounties of Ireland as its boundaries and ignores theIrish border.
| Title of current edition | First edition | Co-author(s) or sole author | Current ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast, Antrim and County Down | in preparation | — | — |
| Connacht/Connaught | in preparation | — | — |
| Cork: City and County | 2020 | Frank Keohane | 978-0-300-22487-0 |
| Dublin | 2005 | Christine Casey | 978-0-300-10923-8 |
| Dublin: County | in preparation | — | — |
| Munster, except Cork | in preparation | — | — |
| North West Ulster: The Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone | 1979 | Alistair Rowan | 978-0-300-09667-5 |
| Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly | 2019 | Andrew Tierney | 978-0-300-23204-2 |
| North Leinster | 1988 | Alistair Rowan, Christine Casey | 978-0-300-09668-2 |
| South Leinster | in preparation | — | — |
| South Ulster: The Counties of Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan | 1992 | Kevin Mulligan | 978-0-300-18601-7 |
A standalone volume covering the island, authored by Jonathan Kewley, was published in early 2023.[6]
A number of bridges connect areas covered by different volumes. However, there is no single approach for which volume should include the structure in its main gazetteer. In some cases, one volume refers the reader to the other, and in other cases only a few lines appear in one volume and a fuller entry appears in the other. In a very few cases (listed below) a full entry appears in both volumes.
| Bridge | Connection | Volume(s) of main entry |
|---|---|---|
| Coldstream Bridge | Berwickshire–Northumberland | Borders Northumberland |
| Erskine Bridge | Renfrewshire–Dunbartonshire | Stirling and Central Scotland Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire |
| Forth Bridge Forth Road Bridge | West Lothian–Fife | Lothian |
| Humber Bridge | Lincolnshire–Yorkshire | Lincolnshire |
| Kincardine Bridge | Stirlingshire–Fife | Fife |
| Queen Elizabeth II Bridge | Essex–Kent | Essex Kent: West and the Weald |
| Severn Bridge | Monmouthshire–Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire 2 |
| Second Severn Crossing | Monmouthshire–Gloucestershire | Gwent/Monmouthshire |
| Tamar Bridge | Devon–Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Tay Bridge Tay Road Bridge | Dundee–Fife | Dundee and Angus |
The revision of the series has rendered some original volumes obsolete, usually as the area of coverage has changed. For example, the county ofCumbria was created after the publication ofCumberland and Westmorland andNorth Lancashire, leading to the merger of material from both volumes in a single-volumeCumbria, a revision with a new geographical focus. The following volumes have been wholly or partially superseded:
| Original volume | publication date | Current volume(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland and Westmorland | 1967 | Cumbria |
| Hampshire & the Isle of Wight | 1967 | Hampshire: South |
| Hampshire: Winchester and the North | ||
| Isle of Wight | ||
| London: The Cities of London and Westminster | 1957 | London 1: The City of London |
| London 6: Westminster | ||
| London, except the Cities of London and Westminster | 1952 | London 2: South |
| London 3: North-West | ||
| London 4: West | ||
| London 5: East | ||
| London Docklands | 1998 | London 5: East |
| Middlesex | 1951 | London 2: South |
| London 3: North-West | ||
| London 4: West | ||
| Northamptonshire | 1961 | Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough |
| Northamptonshire | ||
| North Devon | 1952 | Devon |
| South Devon | 1952 | |
| Lancashire 2: The Rural North | 1969 | Cumbria |
| Lancashire: North | ||
| Lancashire 1: The Industrial and Commercial South | 1969 | Lancashire: Manchester and the South East |
| Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West | ||
| Suffolk | 1961 | Suffolk: East |
| Suffolk: West | ||
| Sussex | 1965 | Sussex: East |
| Sussex: West | ||
| Yorkshire: The West Riding | 1959 | Yorkshire: The West Riding: Bradford, Leeds, and the North |
| Yorkshire: The West Riding: Sheffield and the South |
In some published volumes and in advance publicity, certain titles were announced which were ultimately never published. A number of factors accounted for this, including the readiness of parts of the text covering certain areas and the anticipated size of the volumes. Unpublished titles included:
In 1995 Penguin, in conjunction withEnglish Heritage, released a publication based on the guides entitledLooking at Buildings. Focusing on the East Riding of Yorkshire volume, Pevsner's text was adapted as an introduction, with a greater number of illustrations than the main guides. No further print publications were issued, but the title survives as an introductory website to architectural terms and selected buildings which feature in the Pevsner guides.[7]
In 1995 aCD-ROM entitledA Compendium of Pevsner's Buildings of England was issued byOxford University Press, designed as a searchable database of the volumes published for England only. A second edition was released in 2005. Bibliographies of the guides themselves were published in 1983, 1998 and 2012 by thePenguin Collectors Society.
In 2016, Yale University Press published three volumes, each serving as an introduction to some of the buildings and the architectural terms mentioned in the text of the guides. Published asPevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions these are: an architectural glossary (also available as anapp), a volume focusing on church buildings and another on dwelling houses (includingvernacular architecture).
In 1986, Penguin published an anthology from Pevsner's volumes edited byBridget Cherry andJohn Newman,The Best Buildings of England,ISBN 0-670-81283-8. It has an introduction by Newman assessing Pevsner's aims and methods. In 2001, the Penguin Collectors Society publishedThe Buildings of England: a Celebration, edited by Simon Bradley and Bridget Cherry, fifty years after BE1 was published: it includes twelve essays and a selection of text from the series.[8] In 2012, Susie Harries, one of Pevsner's biographers, wroteThe Buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales: A Sixtieth Anniversary Catalogue of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, which was published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies by thePenguin Collectors Society.[9]
In 1997, theBBC broadcast a series of documentaries[10] entitledTravels with Pevsner, in which six writers and broadcasters travelled through a county which had particular significance to them. They revisited buildings mentioned by Pevsner, critically examining his views on them. A further series was broadcast in 1998. John Grundy, who presented the programme on Northumberland, was one of the revisers of that county volume. Both series were accompanied by booklets published by the BBC, describing the buildings featured in the programmes and suggesting others to explore. The counties visited and the travellers were:
Series One[edit]
| Series Two[edit]
|
In both series, extracts from Pevsner's text were read byBenjamin Whitrow.
