Explanation of the design, ca. 1700.

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Explanation of the design, ca. 1700.

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Prepared for a Mr. Hedworth and signed "J. Vanbrugh," this document was intended to accompany drawings of a country house which is not known to have been built. The disposition of rooms is given and alternative suggestions made. Vanbrugh defends generously-sized "corridores or passages," and recommends unusually large public rooms and unusually small private ones. The house would have had three floors above a partially subterranean ground floor surrounded by a fosse; a portico was optional.

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Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726

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English dramatist and architect. From the description of Autograph memorandum unsigned : [London, ca. 1708 Apr. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574031 From the description of Autograph manuscript of a petition signed : London, to the Lord Marshall, 1717 June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872391 English architect, scene designer and playwright. From the description of Explanation of the design, ca. 1700. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84546...