NOTES: Begun 1763 and completed 1774. It replaced earlier and less extensive fortifications and was considered the second largest colonial military installation in the New World. The gateway has been attributed to the Spanish engineer from Cadiz. See RIBA155419 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Harlaxton was begun in 1832 by Salvin and was substantially complete by 1844. But the owner (Gregory Gregory) commissioned William Burn to work on the interior and embellish the exterior, which continued up to Gregory's death in 1854. See RIBA159088 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Earshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden. See RIBA161381 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Earlshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden. See RIBA161384 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Earlshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden. See RIBA161398 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Originally an Elizabethan manor house of 1596, with later additions, most notably in 1885-1887, when a wing in matching style was added to the north-east by Sir Ernest George for William Robinson. Author of "The English Flower Garden", he occupied the house until his death in 1935 and made the garden one of the most famous arts and crafts gardens in England. The house is now a hotel. See RIBA161412 for a colour version of this image.