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Vanbrugh Castle

Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh for his own family, located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge of Greenwich Park in London, to the north of Blackheath, with views to the west past the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich down to the Thames reaching as far as the Houses of Parliament.

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Vanbrugh Castle

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Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh for his own family, located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge of Greenwich Park in London...

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John Vanbrugh

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Sir John Vanbrugh (/ˈvænbrə/; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer...

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Castle Howard

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Henderskelfe estate. The creation of Castle Howard, began in 1699, with the start of design work by John Vanbrugh. It was completed with the decoration...

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List of works by John Vanbrugh

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John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones. Castle Howard, c. 1699 (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson...

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Maze Hill

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Hospital, the architect Sir John Vanbrugh lived (1719-1726) in a house of his own design, now known as Vanbrugh Castle, overlooking the park on what is...

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Clearwell Castle

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conveying the "castle air" than much of Vanbrugh's work, although he notes similarities to Vanbrugh's reconstruction at Lumley Castle in County Durham...

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Grimsthorpe Castle

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and Castle Howard. The staircase is behind the hall screen and leads to the staterooms on the first floor. The State Dining Room occupies Vanbrugh's north-east...

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Westcombe Park

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south and a road, Vanbrugh Hill, to the west (named after the architect and playwright Sir John Vanbrugh who built his house Vanbrugh Castle nearby in Maze...

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Greenwich

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in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle (1717) established on Maze Hill, next to the park. From the Georgian...

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Blenheim Palace

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duchess, and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh. Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural...

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List of people from the Royal Borough of Greenwich

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company, was born in Blackheath, living in Dartmouth Grove and in Vanbrugh Castle, east Greenwich. His brother Arthur Duckham, founder of the Institution...

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Shirburn Castle

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foundation." The same authors also point to Vanbrugh Castle, a London house designed and built by John Vanbrugh in 1719 for his own family, as a similar...

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Kimbolton Castle

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rebuilding of the south wing, which had fallen down, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh. The 4th Duke of Manchester commissioned Robert Adam to design the gatehouse...

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List of castles in England

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Sneaton Castle, Stanhope Castle, Studley Castle, Swinton Castle, The Citadel (Weston-under-Redcastle), Tregenna Castle, Vanbrugh Castle, Wadhurst Castle, Wattisham...

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Greenwich Park

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Queen's House, and beyond those Greenwich Hospital. To the east is Vanbrugh Castle. To the south is Blackheath and in the south-western corner is the...

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Kings Weston House

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building was built between 1712 and 1719, and was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for the lawyer and politician Edward Southwell on the site of an earlier...

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List of country houses in the United Kingdom

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Swakeleys House Syon Park Thatched House Lodge Trent Park Valence House Vanbrugh Castle Wanstead House Wesley's House Water House White Lodge The Wick Wickham...

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Charles Vanbrugh

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brother, Philip, was also in the Royal Navy. John Vanbrugh built Charles a house beside his "castle" in Greenwich and it was known as the Mince-Pie House...

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Baroque architecture

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Christopher Wren (1694) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire by John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor (1699–1712) Blenheim Palace by John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor...

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List of people from the London Borough of Lewisham

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company, was born in Blackheath, living in Dartmouth Grove and in Vanbrugh Castle, east Greenwich. His brother Arthur Duckham, founder of the Institution...

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Laurence Holker Potts

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appointment he resigned in 1837, removing in the following year to Vanbrugh Castle, Blackheath, where he established an institution for the treatment...

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Seaton Delaval Hall

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between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval; it is now owned by the National Trust...

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Walford Davies

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Co. "Entry for James William Webb-Jones, Headmasters of Vanbrugh Castle School, Vanbrugh Castle School". "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904–1965)". Who's...

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Alexander Duckham

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Duckham (born 1918). The family lived for some years from 1907 in Vanbrugh Castle, close to Greenwich Park. In 1920, Duckham donated the house (and another...

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York Castle

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York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were...

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English Baroque architecture

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primarily embodied in the works of Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Vanbrugh, and James Gibbs, although a handful of lesser architects such as Thomas...

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List of structures in London

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L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Valence House Museum Valentines Park Vanbrugh Castle Vauxhall Bridge Vestry House Museum Victoria and Albert Museum V&A...

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