The English home / by Banister Flight Fletcher, and Herbert Phillips Fletcher; with an introduction by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., with 366 illustrations.

  • Sir Banister Fletcher
Date:
1910
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The English home / by Banister Flight Fletcher, and Herbert Phillips Fletcher; with an introduction by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., with 366 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of planning-, but his designs were principally of the central block type. Amongst his reputed domestic works are Groombridge Place, Kent; Belton House, near Grantham (a.d. 1689), and Marlborough House, London (a.d. 1698), with wings added later; besides considerable additions to Kensington Palace and Hampton Court. C^TILfE M(5)W«l5).©«[B)IlFfl nEVmWfmfolR JOHN VANBRUGH flRCIF gieWIK] XX IPS,* ©if SESTOft M®TII@P III. 8. Plan Section and Elevation of Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Queen Anne and Georgian Period: The Country Mansions—A large number of mansions were erected in the eighteenth century by later architects, among whom may be mentioned Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir John Vanbrugh, William Talman, William Kent, John Carr of York, Colin Campbell, Isaac Ware, George Dance, the Brothers Adam, John Wood of Bath, Sir William Chambers and many others. The Italian type of plan still prevailed, the Entrance