Campbell, I. (2023). William Bruce's Hopetoun House and the arrival of Serlio's unpublished 'Sixth Book on Dwellings' in Britain, c 1700. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 152. Vol 152, Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. pp. 261-287. https://doi.org/10.5284/1118578. Cite this via datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	William Bruce's Hopetoun House and the arrival of Serlio's unpublished 'Sixth Book on Dwellings' in Britain, c 1700
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 152
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	William Bruce's Hopetoun House, begun in 1699, would have been Britain's first centrally planned villa, had it been completed as specified in the original contract. The source of its plan has attracted much speculation but this article argues that the closest precedent is a plan in the first draft of Sebastiano Serlio's unpublished 'Sixth Book on Dwellings', dating from the 1540s and preserved in an album, now belonging to the Avery Library in New York. The author demonstrated in an article published in 2022 that the album was in the ownership of the London sculptor, Francis Bird, by the early 18th century. The article here suggests that the original plan of Hopetoun House shows that the Avery Album was known to William Bruce by the late 1690s, and to James Smith; and that it was the source of the plan of Lord Burlington's Chiswick House; and may have inspired projects by Nicholas Hawksmoor and James Gibbs.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Ian Campbell
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Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2023
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Subjects / Periods:	British Architectural History Sebastiano Serlio Central Plan Villa typology
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