A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 118
clear-headedintelligence which can see its way through a design from startto finish, and, in consequence, his work is sometimes violentwithout being strong. Yet Thorpe Hall is a fine design; inspite of a certain heaviness, it has the rare quality of maintain-ing its scale throughout, and that in a… … 96 JOHN WEBB [chap, vi manor-house of Stibington, about six miles off, finished in 1625,where the scale is, by comparison, that of a cottage, and thedetail, in so far as it is intended for classical detail, is quiterudimentary. In 1657-58 Webb was doing work for the Earl ofNorthumberland at…
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