1539 – Cotehele House, Saltash, Cornwall
Cotehele House is a well preserved, and little altered, Tudor manor house in the east of Cornwall and on the banks of the River Tamar. Cotehele has a series of formal gardens near...
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1575 – Middle House, Mayfield, Sussex
Architect: William Houghton Perspective View including details of house built circa 1575 by William Houghton. Published in The Building News, September 22nd 1876.
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1590 – Borwick Hall, Borwick, Lancashire
Borwick Hall is a 16th century manor house at Borwick, Lancashire. It is a Grade I listed building and is now used as a residential outdoor education and conference centre by Lancashire County...
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15thc. – St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich, Norfolk
The present St. Peter’s stands to the south of the provision market and was built in the mid 15th century. The dedication of the church is to St. Peter and St. Paul but...
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1650 – Longford House, Salisbury, Wiltshire
The inscription reads “the fore front of Longford House which is situate about two miles from the city of New Sarum in the County of Wilts. Repaired and beautified by Henry Hare, Baron...
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1722 – Worcester Guildhall, Worcestershire
Architect: Thomas White The Worcester Guildhall was originally built as a meeting place for Worcester merchants artound 1227. As with many other guildhalls, it became the centre for civic administration, a role it...
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1723 – St. Mary le Strand Church, London
Architect: James Gibbs St. Mary le Strand was the first of the fifty new churches built in London under the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, at a cost of some £16,000. Construction...
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1729 – East India House, Leadenhall St., London
Architect: Theodore Jacobsen East India House in Leadenhall Street was the headquarters of the British East India Company, and was built on the foundations of the Elizabethan mansion Craven House, to designs by...
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1779 – Kenwood House, Hampstead, London
Architect: Robert Adam The original house dates from the early 17th century, with the orangery added in about 1700. In 1754 it was bought by William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. He commissioned...
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