Tag : baroque

Fountain Court - East Range
Jan 1st, 2015 | | Conservation | Palaces | Portfolio | 1 Comment

Fountain Court, Hampton Court Palace

Fountain Court - East Range Fountain Court is one of the most homogenous spaces at Hampton Court Palace, with little alteration or reconstruction since its creation by Sir Christopher Wren between 1689-94. The ranges...

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Roehampton House
Sep 21st, 2012 | | Portfolio | Private Houses | Recent projects | Residences | 2 Comments

Roehampton House

Roehampton House (West front) - with thanks to St James Roehampton House, in Roehampton, SW London, was built by the architect Thomas Archer in 1710-12 for the London merchant Thomas Cary. Cary had been born in the...

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Blenheim Palace
Jan 14th, 2011 | | Palaces | 2 Comments

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace © Pete Seaward Photography Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire is the only palace in England outside those in either royal or episcopal use. ‘Palace’ is a coincidence pertaining to the...

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This is one of a number of important Baroque churches in London that Patrick Baty has been asked to advise on
Dec 9th, 2010 | | Institutions | Organisations | Places of Worship | Portfolio | No Comments

St John’s, Smith Square

St John's, Smith Square, was designed by Thomas Archer and completed in 1728. It is regarded as one of the finest works of English Baroque architecture, and features four corner towers and monumental broken...

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Patrick Baty was commissioned to carry out the paint analysis of the interior on this Hawksmoor church in London
Dec 8th, 2010 | | Institutions | Places of Worship | Portfolio | No Comments

St George’s, Bloomsbury

St George's Bloomsbury is the sixth and final London church designed by the leading architect of the English Baroque, Nicholas Hawksmoor. It was one of the "Fifty New Churches" for London proposed by Queen Anne's...

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Dirty cherub at Christ Church, Spitalfields
Nov 16th, 2010 | | Places of Worship | No Comments

Christ Church, Spitalfields

Nicholas Hawksmoor’s famous baroque church had fallen into terrible disrepair and came within a whisker of demolition.  The Friends of Christ Church was formed in 1976, but it was 20 years before a Lottery grant...

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Cherub & Nest
Oct 18th, 2010 | | Institutions | Places of Worship | Portfolio | No Comments

Dirty Cherub at Christ Church, Spitalfields

A very dirty cherub, soon restored to his former self. See Christ Church, Spitalfields for...

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