Design for Stoke Park (or Earlstoke/Erlestoke Park), Wiltshire, for Joshua Smith: north elevation

SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. I, pl. 7

NOTES: The house dates originally from c. 1640, when it was begun and possibly designed by its owner Sir Thomas Chicheley. It subsequently underwent many alterations. From 1693-1710 a detached orangery to the rear and a service wing were added. From 1713 James Gibbs added wings and library to the north-west. In 1742-1745 the central block was reroofed and the elevations reconstructed by the architect Henry Flitcroft. Another wing was added on the garden side to balance the library. Between 1791-1806 the interiors were remodelled by John Soane. The last phase was the extension of the east and west wings by H. E. Kendall (senior) in 1842 (largely demolished in 1953). The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976. See RIBA130696 for a black and white version of this image.

NOTES: See RIBA134905 for a black and white version of this image.

NOTES: The project for the restoration is by Werner Szambien and Serge Santelli. See RIBA134909 for a black and white verison of this image.