{"product_id":"castell-coch-cadw-guidebooks-david-mclees-softcover","title":"Castell Coch (CADW Guidebooks) - David McLees  - Softcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA guidebook for Castell Coch. The Cadw guidebooks are fully illustrated with a combination of stunning photographs, reconstruction drawings, historical documents, maps, and plans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a patron of unlimited wealth meets an architect of boundless imagination? Here’s your answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCastell Coch, or the ‘Red Castle’, rises up from the ancient beech woods of Fforest Fawr like a vision from a fairy tale. Yet these great towers with their unmistakable conical roofs only hint at the splendour within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven free rein by the third Marquess of Bute, architect William Burges didn’t hold back. The highly decorated interiors and rich furnishings of Castell Coch make it a dazzling masterpiece of the High Victorian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it’s no exotic folly. Underneath the mock-medieval trappings you can still trace the impressive remains of a 13th-century castle, once used as a hunting lodge by the ruthless Marcher lord Gilbert de Clare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCastell Coch has been a plaything of the rich and powerful for over 700 years. Having lavished huge sums on it neither Gilbert de Clare nor the Marquess of Bute spent much time here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis copy is in \u003cstrong\u003eVery Good \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003econdition. As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian T","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053770825959,"sku":"TWLIT525","price":11.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8511\/5879\/files\/TWL231_228cb6d7-7fb8-4dcd-9f2f-045c77083b2e.jpg?v=1794526644","url":"https:\/\/thewarlibrary.com.au\/products\/castell-coch-cadw-guidebooks-david-mclees-softcover","provider":"The War Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}