'Andrew Ziminski's books are treasure troves of lived and learned experience. They have changed the way I look at buildings and Britain' - Max Porter, author

'Fascinating - a masterly guide to the detail and meaning but also to the glory of Britain's now most endangered heritage' - Simon Jenkins

'From bulletholes in weathervanes to beehives in church walls, Ziminski has an eye for charming details and an ear for a good story' - Peter Ross, author

'This book is an anatomy of buildings we take for granted, an opening-up of architectural bodies to reveal marvellous mechanisms in gold, bone, ancient stone and holy wells of stories' - Amy Jeffs, author

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