Miele, C. (1998). `The first architect of the world' in Brighton: Robert Adam, Marlborough House and Mrs Fitzherbert. Sussex Archaeological Collections 136. Vol 136, Sussex Archaeological Society. pp. 149-175. https://doi.org/10.5284/1085039. Cite this via datacite
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`The first architect of the world' in Brighton: Robert Adam, Marlborough House and Mrs Fitzherbert | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections 136 | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections | ||
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149 - 175 | ||
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This article considers the third Duke of Marlborough's house on the Steine in Brighton, and its remodelling by the architect Robert Adam in 1786-87 for William Gerard Hamilton (1729-96). This elegant neoclassical house, which has been known as Marlborough House since the 19th century, was easily the finest piece of architecture the fast-developing resort town had yet seen, with the exception, that is, of Henry Holland's exactly contemporary Marine Pavilion for the Prince of Wales. This article contextualizes Adam's design, setting it against the backdrop of Brighton's history and building culture. The author also chronicles the circumstances of the Hamilton commission, analyzes the design and layout, and then identifies what survives of the earlier house on the site (built 1765-69). Adam's only other Brighton commission, an unbuilt scheme for Mrs Fitzherbert, is also discussed. The author maintains that the Fitzherbert design was worked up in spring 1787 and that it was intended for a long narrow plot immediately north of Marlborough House. The Adam drawings for the Fitzherbert commission also record an earlier building which was to be incorporated into the new design, a building which was itself of two phases: a modest cottage with a much grander; mid-18th-century addition. Thus quite unintentionally Adam Left us with the best record so far discovered of how an ordinary Brighton dwelling was extended to provide accommodation for the increasing number of seasonal visitors. These two commissions for adjacent sites passed through the Adam office in quick succession, and yet the architect gave them totally different stylistic expressions. This illustrates the range of the architect's talents in this last phase of his great career. | ||
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1998 | ||
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20 Jan 2002 |
