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1. www.british-history.ac.uk › survey-london › vols31-2Burlington House - British History Online

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   Oct 10, 2024 · The history of Burlington House commences with the erection about 1665 of a mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, poet and Surveyor General of Works, of which some parts still remain in the much reconstructed fabric of the present building.

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     The site had been part of Stone Conduit Close and was a...

2. www.oxfordreference.com › abstract › 10Dictionary of British History - Oxford Reference

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   2 days ago · Containing more than 3,800 authoritative entries written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC.

3. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › warksThe City of Birmingham - British History Online

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   The history of Handsworth parish and Perry Barr is included in this account of Birm. The parish was until this century in Staffs. 8. Of these townships only Water Orton and part of Castle Bromwich are now outside the city boundary; their history is given in V.C.H. Warws. iv. 43, 262.

4. www.british-history.ac.uk › survey-london › vols31-2Burlington Arcade - British History Online

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   4 days ago · Burlington Arcade: Stone Conduit Close. The arcade was constructed within the westernmost margin of the Burlington House site. It was designed by Samuel Ware and built for Lord George Cavendish in the years 1818–19.

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   Written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC.

6. www.vam.ac.uk › articles › palladianism-an-introductionPalladianism – an introduction - V&A

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   Burlington was an enthusiastic promoter of Palladianism (he had sponsored the English translation of Palladio's The Four Books of Architecture) and from combining Italian and Jonesian sources, he formed a classically correct style that was uniquely British.

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   When was Burlington built?

   • A probable date for the earliest element in the sequence of alterations made to the house during its ownership by the third Earl is a period around 1712 or the first half of 1713, when Burlington was eighteen or nineteen.

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   When was Burlington House built?

   • The history of Burlington House commences with the erection about 1665 of a mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, poet and Surveyor General of Works, of which some parts still remain in the much reconstructed fabric of the present building.

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   Was Burlington a Palladian?

   • As has been noted, Burlington never brought the back of the house into harmony with his Palladian tastes. It was perhaps with reference to Burlington House rather than to Chiswick that Kent reported to Burlington in September 1745 that 'the gravil walks are all layd down in ye Garden'. (fn. 96)

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   When was Burlington House appropriated?

   • The appropriation of at least part of the Burlington House site was virtually determined by April, when a sum was voted for the London University building on the Burlington Gardens frontage. (fn. 173) (The rather curious history of the design of this building is given in Chapter xxv.)

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   Where did Lord Burlington build his house?

   • Burlington's own designs were mainly for small buildings, the most characteristic being the extension to his own house at Chiswick in London. Begun in 1725, it was based partly on Palladio's Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, Italy. Architectural model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick, designed and made by George Rome-Innes, 2001, London.

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   Was Burlington House a good building?

   • As an architectural ensemble, the court-yard of Burlington House was less than satisfactory (Drawing between pages 394–5 and Plate 43). The elements in its composition were too disparate in character, betraying the accretive nature of the grouped buildings, and the different tastes of the architects employed.

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8. www.cambridge.org › core › seriesThe Cambridge Urban History of Britain

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   Part I examines historiographical tradition and the origins of British towns. Parts II and III focus on the early and later medieval periods respectively, and Part IV contains a sequence of systematic regional surveys.