Georgian Group J 16

The paper discusses Newby Hall, built near Ripon in Yorkshire for Sir Edward Blackett (1649--1718), and addresses the questions of when the house was built and its garden laid out; what the original house and garden looked like; and whether the house was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

The article catalogues changes made to Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, during the late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including architectural restoration work undertaken by John Carr for the fifth Duke of Devonshire between 1785 and 1791.

The article discusses a design submitted by the antiquary and art collector John Talman (1677--1726) for a new quadrangle at All Souls College, Oxford.

The article examines the interrelated designs of The Castle at Castle Eden, County Durham, and Kielder Castle, Northumberland, both designed by William Newton (1730--98) of Newcastle upon Tyne. Both were designed in the Gothick style, although much of Newton's work was classical in style.

The article discusses Firle Place near Lewes, a sixteenth-century courtyard house superficially Palladianised during the eighteenth century. It is suggested that one of the architectural features of this later work, the serliana on the east range, was inspired by ancient Syrian arches of the ninth to sixth centuries BC, via their imitation during the later Roman period and again in various parts of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Includes