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and a broken thigh following a fall in 1979, he was unable to walk unaided and required permanent care. This was provided by a roster of live-in nurses. He died at the house on 18 August 1983. The house continued in the possession of the
Pevsner family until its sale in the 21st century.
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has since been revised and expanded, and its scope increased to cover the buildings of
Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The result has been described as a "landmark in the development of the discipline" of
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No. 2 was not a grand home; running hot water was not installed until three years after the
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went on to write or revise specific county volumes; visiting buildings during the day, and writing up his notes at night. The series concluded with
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compelled him, on account of his Jewish ancestry, to resign his university office and relocate to
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furniture. Pevsner permitted himself a little more elaboration in the garden, where he installed an eight-foot high statue of
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