Property Search News Countryside ... Country House Architecture Willoughby Gerrish, Florence Heaton-Renshaw and Thomas Ravenscroft take us on a biographical tour of some of the most well-known architects this country has ever seen. Monday, 04 December 2006 Willoughby Gerrish, Florence Heaton-Renshaw and Thomas Ravenscroft Inigo Jones (1573-1652) It was Jones who was the first architect to travel to Italy in 1603, and again in 1613 as assistant to the 14th Earl of Arundel. The wealth of knowledge that was transcribed into his sketchbooks, and the purchasing of original Palladio drawings gave Inigo Jones a distinct and very unfair advantage over any of his contemporaries. Stoke Park. Image: Country Life Picture Library/Paul Barker www.nmm.ac.uk or ring on: 020 8858 4422. The Banqueting House is also open all year. Further details can be found at www.banqueting-house.org.uk or on: 0870 751 5178 Stoke Park Pavilions is open for the month of August, other times are by appointment only. For details ring on: 01604 862 172. Recent literature on the subject includes: Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition by Christy Anderson. | |
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