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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 82

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Thomas Tresham when he built the tri-angular lodge at Rushton. The curious garden house atAmesbury, designed on a system of pentagons, is another in-stance. In Northamptonshire there are examples of buildingsplanned as a cross, such as Gayton Manor House and Lyvedennew building ; but these, and… … PLAN OF GARDEN HOUSE ATAMESBURY. 6o SIXTEENTH CENTURY [chap. IV common living room was going out of fashion. It was usedfor Christmas revels and great entertainments, but the masterand mistress had their private dining-room, and even as earlyas 1460 a privy-parlour was attached to the hall at…

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