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historic buildings of wash-house court at the Charterhouse including early Tudor redbrick monastic building
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Saving the Charterhouse: How 19th-Century Newspapers Fought to Save an Ancient Landmark

In 1885, the Governors of the Charterhouse applied to parliament for the right to sell – for probable demolition –...

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Ian Nairn on the Charterhouse
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20th January 2015

Ian Nairn on the Charterhouse

Ian Douglas Nairn (24 August 1930 – 14 August 1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer.  In 1955, he established his reputation with a special issue of the Architectural Review called...

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