The Classical Country House

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The Classical Country House, by David Watkin. London: Aurum Press, 2010. First printing. This authoritative study follows the reinvigorating influence … Read more The Classical Country House, by David Watkin. London: Aurum Press, 2010. First printing. This authoritative study follows the reinvigorating influence of Inigo Jones, Britain's first classically-minded architect and his influence on the revival of Palladian principles through Sir John Soane and William Wilkins. Tracing the tradition through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, culminating in the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens and modernists such as John Simpson and Quinlan Terry, the book also looks at equivalent developments in the States, from Thomas Jefferson onwards. See less