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A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 288

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s, as atGreenwich. Wren rebuilt part of Hampton Court as a quad-rangle, probably, however, out of regard for the older buildings.Talman made an inner court at Chatsworth, 75 ft. by 96 ft.At Grimsthorpe in Lincolnshire, Vanbrugh provided an internalcourt 105 ft. by 78 ft., and Flitcroft designed… … f .4 ^S S v| ^ ^ 1 si - - ■ - or 228 HOUSE PLANNING IN THE [chap, xii fondness for top-lighting halls and staircases, and the comparativeindifference as to whether light and air were borrowed or obtaineddirect from without, led to the gradual disuse of the inclosedcourts. The three-sided court, so…

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