English Baroque architecture
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English Baroque is a term used to refer to modes of English architecture that paralleled Baroque architecture in continental Europe between the Great Fire of London and roughly 1720, when the flamboya
St Paul's Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren, 1674–1711
Seaton Delaval Hall by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1718.
Castle Howard by Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, 1701.
James Gibbs' St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, is the prototype of many New England churches.
Blenheim Palace
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Blenheim Palace is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Originally called Blenheim Castle, it ha
English Baroque architecture
…architectural expression, and they were known to work alongside each other, including at Castle Howard (1699), the Orangery at Kensington Palace and Blenheim Palace (1705). Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight, now in ruins, but conserved by English Heritage, is another example. Castle Howard is a flamboyant assembly…
Blenheim Palace north façade
Blenheim Palace south façade
c. 1705 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough 1700 by Sir Godfrey Kneller