Due for release of 31 May 2007, this updated version of The Buildings of England edition for Essex is eagerly awaited. Although essential to any scholars in the field, the original volumes were often cited as being somewhat scant in detail.

At 820 pages, this promises to be perhaps the most complete and valuable reference for the both the home and field reader.

Essex is one the largest counties of England. Its buildings are appropriately varied, encompassing rich Roman survivals at Colchester, powerful Norman architecture at Castle Hedingham and Waltham Abbey. Besides these highlights, Essex is first and foremost a county famed for its timber buildings, from the eleventh-century church at Greensted to the early and mighty barns at Cressing Temple, and everywhere visible in the wealth of timber-framed medieval houses in its scattered villages and market towns such as Saffron Walden and Coggeshall. [Full Text]