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  2. Georgian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Westover Plantation - Georgian country house on a James River plantation in Virginia. Versions of revived Palladian architecture dominated English country house architecture. Houses were increasingly placed in grand landscaped settings, and large houses were generally made wide and relatively shallow, largely to look more impressive from a ...

  3. Svan towers - Wikipedia

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    The unique architecture of the Svaneti towers and the medieval character of Ushguli, Mestia, and the Upper Svaneti led to the region's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996. [ 2 ] A modern reconstruction of a Svan Tower is built near Tbilisi , as part of the Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography in Georgia, overlooking the ...

  4. Architecture of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Georgia refers to the styles of architecture found in Georgia. The country is exceptionally rich in architectural monuments. Characteristic features of the Georgian architecture are monumentality, clear composition, strict proportions, moderate use of decorations, and above all these the harmonic interaction with nature. [1]

  5. Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) - Wikipedia

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    Built as a country house for attorney Benjamin Chew, Cliveden was completed in 1767 and was home to seven generations of the Chew family. Cliveden has long been famous as the site of the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Germantown in 1777 as well as for its Georgian architecture.

  6. Montpelier Mansion (Laurel, Maryland) - Wikipedia

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    Montpelier is a five-part Georgian country house with a central block and flanking end pavilions connected to the main block by hyphens. The two-story central block has a five-bay elevation, with a projecting three-bay pavilion topped by a pediment. The hipped roof features large projecting chimneys emerging about halfway up the roofline.

  7. Letterfourie House - Wikipedia

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    Letterfourie House, one of the largest Georgian houses in Moray, [2] lies above the Burn of Buckie, about a mile east of Drybridge [3] in the parish of Rathven.The building consists of a central block built of pink pinned tooled granite, [4] with pavilion wings of harl pointed rubble connected to the main house by three-bay linking blocks, [4] all set out at right angles in a U-plan.

  8. Earsham Hall - Wikipedia

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    Earsham House is a Georgian country house near the village of Earsham, Norfolk. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] The house is built in three storeys of red brick with a parapet and a slate hipped roof. It has a symmetrical 7-bay frontage, the middle 3 bays of which are recessed and fronted by a porch.

  9. Kingston Lisle Park - Wikipedia

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    Kingston Lisle Park is a Grade II* listed Georgian country house and estate in Kingston Lisle, near Wantage, in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.The house dates from the 17th century and is surrounded by an estate of more than 1,000 acres of woods, farmland and gardens.

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