Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 102
ong-leat is an English house, witha certain Latin purity in thedesign of its details. The archi-tect may have been either JohnShute, or, possibly, though notprobably, Robert Smithson, whoappears on the accounts as clerk of the works. Immediately onthe completion of Longleat, Smithson was intrusted… … FIG. 150.—MONTACUTE, SOMERSETSHIRE. in the latter, and the comparative inferiority of its proportions, bothas a whole and in parts. But if we suppose that John of Paduaacted as adviser either to Shute or Smithson, we shall account forboth the appearance of Longleat and the tradition as to its…
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