Fountain Lake Press
Specialising in scarce and interesting books on the Country Houses of Great Britain
Fountain Lake Press has been formed by Kenneth Cooper to make available scarce and interesting books and published material relating to Country Houses.
Above: Thanckes House
The Mansions of England & Wales for Cornwall
The first publication is a facsimile of Edward Twycross’s Mansions of England and Wales for Cornwall.
Twycross only managed to cover three counties that is Lancashire, Cheshire and the first and by far the most difficult to obtain, Cornwall, probably less than sixty were produced mostly for subscribers.
The Country House Book Collector Volume I & II
The second book to be published is ‘The Country House Book Collector’. This is a description of the books in the library of Kenneth Cooper and is divided into two volumes:
Volume one – A catalogue of the books which illustrate Country Houses in Great Britain and Ireland by region, all printed before 1900.
Volume two – A catalogue of books which illustrate Country Houses and are monographs on individual houses, all printed before 1900.
Both volumes are lavishly illustrated with photographs and contain much information of the houses, their books’ publishers, the architects etc. Each volume has an interesting introduction about the methods of printing, publication details and details of books in the collection and their purpose ranging from small guide books to illustrated large folio publications.
The Country Houses
of Cornwall
The third book about the Country Houses of Cornwall, written by architectural historian, Patrick Newberry, who is Chairman of the Cornish Buildings Group and a Trustee of the Georgian Group.
It reproduces the content of Edward Twycross’s Mansion of England and Wales: Cornwall and brings the stories of the houses and their owners up to date, lavishly illustrated with many contemporary photographs.
The book will fill a significant gap in the canon of Cornish architectural literature, being the first major book on Cornish houses to be published for many years.
The Mansions of England and Wales – Cornwall
£395 (Limited Edition Facsimile)
The Country House Book Collector
Volumes I & II – £25 Per Volume
The Country Houses of Cornwall – £75
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About the Publisher
Kenneth Cooper has formed Fountain Lake Press to help those interested in books on Country House. Starting with the Facsimile of Twycross’ Cornish Houses he has decided to make available the details of his own collection of Country House Books.