Nicholas Hawksmoor
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Nicholas Hawksmoor was an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. Hawksmoor worked alongside the
King William Block (1699–1702), Greenwich Hospital, west facade.
Easton Neston House, Northamptonshire (c.1695–1710); the flanking, secondary wings and cupola were never built
Clarendon Building (1712–13), Oxford, south front.
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
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