<p><strong><em>Gerrards Cross</em>, with its fine open common and picturesque Latchmore Pond, has been a place of resort ever since the Old Berkeley Hunt began to meet there in the 1790s.</strong> This book celebrates the energy of those pioneer architects, builders and estate agents who made <em>Gerrards Cross</em> a high-class residential area, both socially and architecturally.</p>