, having probably notime of his own to spare, he set about refronting the old housein Piccadilly in the Italian style. He must have begun asearly as 1716, for that date with his arms was on the leadwork ;but Campbell specially dates his view of the house 1717, andthat of the gate 1718. Whether… … The Successors of JVren 233 home, 1729. Kent was welcomed to Burlington House by hisfriend. So warm was this welcome, and so great the friendshipof the pair, that Kent never left Lord Burlington again, but,having lived here for nineteen years, died in the house and wasburied in the vault of the…
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture -- England History
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