Stoke Park, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire: the lantern dome, built as a belvedere
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Architect/Designer | Nasmith, Robert (d. 1793) Wyatt, James (1746-1813)
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Artist/Photographer | Dalton, Christopher
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Country | UK: England |
City | Stoke Poges |
Subject Date | 1813 |
Image Date | 1970 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Georgian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 806 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
Credit |
Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
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NOTES:
The house was begun in 1789 by Robert Nasmith, a former assistant of Robert Adam. His design was recast between 1793 and 1798 by James Wyatt and work continued on the house and the landscape until 1813. The house remained a private residence until 1908 when it turned into a country club.
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Subject tags
observatories, roofs, country houses, lanterns, colonnades