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Anne commissioned her frequent collaborator, Inigo Jones, to refurbish the Queen's House in Greenwich. [14] Although the Queen's House was not completed before her death in 1619, Anne was able to use the palace at Greenwich as a personal gallery before her death. Both James I and Anne had private galleries and fashioned them in similar ways.
Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was an English architect who was the first significant [1] architect in England in the early modern era and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings. [2]
In one drawing the emphasised keystones of the entrance and ground floor windows recall an early design by Jones for the Queen's House. [5] Upon Jones' death in 1652, Webb inherited a substantial fortune as well as a library of drawings and designs, many of which dated back to Jones' influential travels to Italy. [4] In 1654 Webb designed the ...
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The only surviving building of the 17th-century additions to the palace is the Queen's House. This building, designed by architect Inigo Jones, is of particular architectural and historical significance as it is often credited as being the first classical building in England, and was a clear departure from the Tudor style. [25]
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in inner Harris County, Texas, defined as within the I-610 loop within Harris County, Texas, but excluding those places in Downtown Houston and those in Houston Heights, which are listed separately.
Location of DeWitt County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in DeWitt County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in DeWitt County, Texas. There are five districts and 55 individual properties listed on the ...