Garden buildings

NOTES: The house was enlarged around 1750 to designs by the architect James "Athenian" Stuart, who also created a number of follies and monuments on the estate.

NOTES: The house was built for Sir Edward Phelips between 1598 and 1601. The architect is thought to have been William Arnold.

NOTES: Construction on this country residence of the Russian Imperial family began c.1780 and was completed c. 1825. Its design was typical of the country mansion of the period and was created by a succession of architects, painters and sculptors, notably Charles Cameron who designed the central Great Palace in 1782-1786.

SOURCE: William Halfpenny, Rural architecture in the Chinese taste, being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, forrests, insides of houses, &c. (London, 1752), part 1, pl. 13

SOURCE: Benton Seeley. Stowe: a description of the magnificent house and gardens (London, 1769), pl. III

SOURCE: Ercole Silva. Dell' arte de' giardini inglesi (Milan, 1813), vol. II, pl. XXXI