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The double, superimposed colonnade on the south front of West Wycombe. It has a Tuscan order ground floor and Corinthian upper floor with a central pr
The double, superimposed colonnade on the south front of West Wycombe. It has a Tuscan order ground floor and Corinthian upper floor with a central projecting pediment, very unusual in English architecture. (Marked M on plan below)
Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza in Italy by Palladio (c.1550) has a superposed colonnade similar to that at West Wycombe, but the inspiration for the so
Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza in Italy by Palladio (c.1550) has a superposed colonnade similar to that at West Wycombe, but the inspiration for the south front may have been Palladio's reconstruction of Vitruvius's Roman villa illustrated in his Quattro Libri.
Palladio's Villa Capra detta La Rotonda was the inspiration for Mereworth Castle in Kent, the home of Dashwood's uncle, Lord Westmorland. West Wycombe
Palladio's Villa Capra detta La Rotonda was the inspiration for Mereworth Castle in Kent, the home of Dashwood's uncle, Lord Westmorland. West Wycombe's east portico was in turn built as a homage to Westmorland's artistic taste at Mereworth.
Frescoes in the Villa Farnesina (c.1510) inspired the decoration of West Wycombe's interior.
Frescoes in the Villa Farnesina (c.1510) inspired the decoration of West Wycombe's interior.
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The Mausoleum on West Wycombe Hill
The Mausoleum on West Wycombe Hill
A gold, Bronze Age penannular ring found in West Wycombe in 1985
A gold, Bronze Age penannular ring found in West Wycombe in 1985
St Lawrence's Church with its golden ball
St Lawrence's Church with its golden ball
The Swan pub
The Swan pub