Part 21

The third point of interest lies in his references to Inigo Jones’s work. In dealing with fine examples of architecture he says that with us in England there is nothing remarkable but the Banqueting House at Whitehall and the Portico at Paul’s. Elsewhere he cites the Queen’s House at Greenwich. As far as it goes, his testimony appears to confirm the view taken in the text as to Jones’s work.

In addition to these notes on houses, there are others relating to St Paul’s, and to the steps taken for the rebuilding of London after the fire. In relation to the latter, he was asked by the other commissioners to undertake duties which would now devolve upon the Secretary. In regard to St Paul’s, he has a page or two of criticism on the model designed by “Dr. Renne,” 12th July 1673, as it offered itself upon a short and confused view of a quarter of an hour only. In 1673 Wren’s favourite design was approved by the king, who issued a warrant for building in accordance with it on 12th November, and caused a model to be made (illustrated on p. 146). The details of Pratt’s criticism do not apply very aptly to this model, and we seem to be faced with two alternatives: either that his criticisms, written from memory after a hasty examination, were rather wide of the mark; or that they refer to a design different from those which have so far come into prominence from among the numerous drawings prepared by Wren in connection with St Paul’s.

The later note-books are chiefly concerned with estate management, and we gather that after the building of the house at Ryston, Sir Roger Pratt settled down in the country. He died on the 20th February 1684–5, and was buried at Ryston, leaving a widow and three sons. His widow subsequently married again, and survived until 1706.

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The note-books, of which there are eight, are mostly bound in parchment, and by way of fastening, are tied with two sets of parchment strips. They bear a strong family resemblance to the sketch-book of Inigo Jones, preserved at Chatsworth.

APPENDIX II

THE ARCHITECTS OF COLESHILL, BERKSHIRE

Further interesting information regarding Sir Roger Pratt’s connection with Coleshill has been supplied by the kindness of Mr. Pratt of Ryston, and the Hon. Mrs. Pleydell Bouverie of Coleshill. It is derived in part from Sir Roger Pratt’s note-books, and in part from a diary of Sir Mark Pleydell (1692–1768), preserved in the muniment room at Coleshill.

The estate of Coleshill was bought from the Pleydells by Sir Henry Pratt, a grandson through a junior branch of William Pratt, who was Lord of the Manor of Ryston in 1628. Sir Roger Pratt was great-grandson of the same William through the senior branch. The estate returned to the family of Pleydell in 1699, by the marriage of a Pleydell with the heiress of the Pratts of Coleshill.

Sir Henry Pratt died on 6th April 1647, and the old house at Coleshill which he had bought was burnt down later in the same year, shortly after the marriage of his son, Sir George. The present house was begun in 1650, according to the tablet still preserved therein. Of this Sir Mark Pleydell says in his diary that Sir Roger Pratt of Ryston in Norfolk, knight, cousin to Sir George, was the architect in friendship to him. He also observes that “Mr. Mildmay apprehended it was built by Inigo Jones, and Lord Barrington says it was built by one Webb, a disciple of the said Inigo.”

In the same diary it is stated that before the existing house was commenced Sir George Pratt began to build a new seat in “the present cucumber garden,” which he raised to one story, when Pratt and Jones arriving, caused it to be pulled down and rebuilt where it now stands. Sir Mark adds that Pratt and Jones were frequently here, and Jones was also consulted about the ceilings. “John Buffin, who often saw them both, frequently declared this to Wm. Pepal, who came to Coleshill in 1700, and carried him to the spot in ye cucumber garden. We found ye remains of ye walls in ye cucumber garden ye 10th February 1746.”

It is interesting to find that Jones, Webb, and Pratt were all concerned in the design, and it is tolerably clear that Pratt had a large hand in the matter, not only from Sir Mark Pleydell’s express intimation, but also from Sir Roger Pratt’s own note-books. It will be remembered that Jones died in 1652, but the house was not finished until some years afterwards, probably in 1664. Roger Pratt has entries in his note-books that in December 1656 he gave Sir George Pratt’s man a tip of two shillings, in April 1659 he gave to six maids and two boys of Sir George two guineas, and in January 1662 he gave a dinner to Sir George and his lady at a cost of £5. 9s. Such hospitality may presumably be attributed partly to the ties of consanguinity, and partly to those of architect and client.

Sir Roger Pratt has notes relating to Coleshill under the year 1664, which, in addition to those concerning the ceilings mentioned in Appendix I. deal with the proportion of the windows. These, he says, seemed somewhat narrow, either because not sufficiently splayed on the sides, or because the wooden frame and the iron one took so much from the glass. The windows were at that time iron casements, not sashes as they are now; and they were all alike in this respect, including the dormers in the garrets and the turret. One remark is rather puzzling in which he speaks of the heads of the windows of the dining-room being 5 ft. below the ceilings, for the vertical distance between the windows of the ground and upper floors is only about 7 ft. from glass to glass.

The testimony that the windows were casements and not sashes is interesting, so too is the detailed description of the casements and of the devices to exclude the weather. The window-bars were ¼ in. thick and ½ in. broad; the casements ¼ in. thick and 2 in. broad. They were hanged upon three strong hooks, the opening-rod being ½ in. thick with five rings to hold it; there was an iron plate with a pin let into the wood to hold the hook of the rod. A little piece of iron was put over the rebate of the casements to keep out the wind, and a little border of lead was nailed close to the casements on the bottom and sides, as well as a strip over the heads outside. Further there was another border inside to prevent the rain, which beat up under the casements, from flowing down upon the baseboard.

Let us hope these precautions were adequate, and that it was not necessary to lay out another £5 on a dinner to placate Sir George and his lady, and to drown the memory of reproaches urged with cousinly freedom.

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS AND TEXT

_Note._--The ordinary figures denote references to pages of text; the illustrations, _which are referred to by their figure numbers_, are denoted by the heavier type.

Acton, iron gate at, =269=

Adam, the brothers, 19, 21, 280, 381, 387

Adam, Robert, 280–85, 387–389

„ design for chimney-piece, =305=

„ illustrations of his work, =193=, =194=, =195=, =196=, =197=, =198=, =315=, =316=, =317=, =318=, =319=

Addison, 3

Adelphi, The, 285

“Advice to Servants,” by Dean Swift, 115

Age of Romance, 23

Albemarle, Duke of, 180

„ House, 180, =118=

Allen, Ralph, 263–66

All Souls, Oxford, 143, 154, 176

„ drawings by Wren at, =99=, =100=, =101=, =102=, =103=

Amelia, Princess, 231

Anne, Queen, 2

„ the mansion of her time, 5

“Arching galleries”, 171

Architect; the term seldom occurs prior to the seventeenth century, 25

Architectural design, change in, 25

Artari, 255

“Art of Dialling”, 319

Art, utilitarian, 391

Artificiality in architecture, 3

Arundel, Earl of, 2, 42, 52

„ House, =21=

Ashburnham House, Westminster, the staircase, 118, =73=, =74=

Ashburnham, William, 118

Ashdown House, Berkshire, 97, =55=

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, staircase, 351, =277=

Aske’s Hospital, Hoxton, 180

Aston Hall, Warwickshire, 7, 8, 42, =2=

Astwell, Northamptonshire, gateway, 102, =59=

Aubrey, John, 63, 64, 65

Austen, Jane, 311

Avenues at Boughton, 200

Banqueting House, Whitehall, 6, 42, 43, 50, 52, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 73, 99, 162, =22=

„ „ Inigo Jones’s drawings for, 66, =36=, =37=

„ „ Smithson’s drawing, 66, =38=

„ „ Doorway, drawing by Jones, =86=

„ „ Window, drawing by Jones, =88=

Bakewell, Robert (Smith), 342

Barrow Gurney, Somerset, gateway, 329, =249=

Barry, Charles, 172

Basil, Simon, 46

Bath, Somerset, Milsom Street, 303, =211=

„ Pulteney Bridge, 267, =184=

„ Queen’s Square, Panels in house, 363, =289=

„ Ralph Allen’s house, 302, =214=

„ Royal Crescent, 268, =185=

Battle Abbey, Sussex, jamb of fireplace, =298=

Beaufort House, Chelsea, 324

Beckford, Alderman, 14

„ the younger, 17

Beckley, Sussex, Church House, 292, =202=

Bedford Square, London-- houses in, 307, =221= chimney-piece, =318=

Belcombe, chimney-piece, =317=

Belton House, near Grantham, 157–160

„ plan, =105=

„ chapel, =96=

„ house, =104=

„ iron screen, =106=

„ carving, =107=

Bethlem Hospital, London, 180, =116=

Bignor, Sussex, chimney, =229=

Birmingham, lead rain-water head, =272=

Bishopsgate Street Without, London, ceiling, 386, =307=

Blaythwayt, William, 203

Blenheim Palace, 5, 152, 223, 224, 227, =155=

Blomfield, R., 216 (_footnote_)

Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, 32, 33, =13=, =16=

Bond, Sir Thomas, 180

Books on Architecture, 2, 25–28, 212, 372

„ German, Dutch, and French, 28

Botolph Lane, London, house in, 185, =119=, =120=

Boughton House, Northamptonshire, 178, 196–203

„ plan, =132=

„ house, =133=, =134=

„ state room, =135=

„ bird’s-eye view, =136=

„ staircase, 352, =276=

„ panelling, 363, =286=

„ fireplace, 369, =294=

„ painted ceilings, 385, =310=, =311=

Bourdon House, London, doorway, 357, =284=

Bramham Park, Yorkshire, gardens, 232–236, =162=, =163=

Brasenose College, Oxford, 106, =63=, =64=

„ doorway, 127, =84=

Brettingham, Matthew, 276–278

Brewers’ Hall, London, 190, =125=, =126=

Bridge at Prior Park, =154=

„ at Bath, =184=

Bridport, Viscount, 387

Bristol, houses at, 307, =220=

British Museum, drawings at, 64, =19=

Broadfield Hall, Hertfordshire, 9, =3=

Brownlow, Sir John, 157

Buckingham (Villiers), Duke of, 60, 161

„ (Sheffield), Duke of, 168

„ House, London, 168, 171, 172, =113=, =113A=

„ „ staircase and ceiling, =308=

„ Street, Strand, doorway, =258=

Bulwick, Northamptonshire, date-stone, =235=

Burford, 43

„ Priory, 106, =62=

Burghley House, 385

„ Lord, 1, 212

Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, 176, 329, =245=

Burlington-Devonshire, drawings, 52, 64, 65 (_footnote_), 83 (_footnote_), =42=, =43=, =44=, =45=, =76=, =77=, =86–88=, =91=, =92=, =93=, =94=, =240=, =241=

Burlington House, 216

„ Lord, 2, 63, 64, 214–216, 271

Burney, Frances, 3

Butleigh, Somerset, 84, 142

Byron, Lord, 21, 32

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepysian Library, 100, =56=

„ St John’s College, gate-piers, 325, =243=

„ Trinity Hall, cupola, 318, =233=

Campbell, Colin, 31, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 79, 80, 168, 171, 172, 176, 207, 240, 251–255

Campion, Thomas, 78

Can Court, Wiltshire, staircase, 122, =78=

Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire-- Gate-piers, 322, =238= Gates, =239= Ceiling, =312=

Canterbury, streets, 296

“Capability” Brown, 236

Carey Street, London, chimney-piece, =303=

Cariat (Coryat), Thomas, 44

Carlisle, Earl of, 216

Carr, of York, 271

Caryatides, 73

Castle Combe, Wiltshire, doorway, 333, =252=

Castle Howard, Yorkshire, 216–223, =149=, =150=, =151=, =152=

„ Mausoleum, 220, =153=

Castor, Northamptonshire, gate-piers, 329, =247=

Catherine Court, Tower Hill, London, =117=

Ceilings-- Seventeenth-century, 122, =31=, =34=, =54=, =74–77=, =112=, =120= Eighteenth-century, 381, =144=, =174=, =180=, =283=, =288=, =306=, =307=, =312–314= Painted, 384, =293=, =308–311=

Chambers, Sir William, 274

Changes in house design, 99, 115, 117

Chapman, George, 78

Charles I., 7, 41, 66, 70, 87, 163

„ his influence on architecture, 41

Charles II., 10, 84, 141

„ his idea of rebuilding Whitehall Palace, 70

„ his interest in building, 142

Charleton, Dr., 50 (_footnote_), 52

Chatham, Lord, 231

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 204, 217, =140=

„ „ drawings at, 64, 66, =36=, =37=, =40=, =41=

Chelmsford, street, 296, =210=

Cheltenham, shop at, 304, =217=

Cheron, 198, 384

Chesterfield, Lord, 214

Chimneys, 314, =229=, =230=

Chimney-pieces-- Seventeenth-century, 138 By Inigo Jones, 138, =91=, =92= By John Webb, =93=, =94= In the Jerusalem Chamber, =90= At Forde Abbey, =95= Eighteenth-century, 377, =170=, =292=, =294=, =301=, =302=, =303=, =304=, =305=

Chinese wall-papers, 364, =290=

Chipping Campden, The Martins, 339, =261=

Chirurgeons’ Theatre, London, 50, 52

Chiswick, Lord Burlington’s Villa, 214, =148=

“Chorea Gigantum”, 50 (_footnote_)

Christ Church, Oxford, 45

„ Tom Tower, 145

Christian IV. of Denmark, 45

Church Langton, Leicestershire, rectory, 294, =207=

Cirencester, shop at, 304, =216=

City churches, 13

Civil War, The, 2, 10

Clarendon, Earl of, 180

Clarke, Dr., of All Souls, Oxford, 63, 64

Cliefden House, Buckinghamshire, 168, 172, =114=

Coke, Rev. D’Ewes, 32

Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, 274

Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, killed in a duel, 276

Coleshill, Berkshire, 54–58, 88

„ plan, =28=

„ elevation, =29=

„ staircase, =30=

„ ceiling, =31=

„ gate-piers, 324, =242=

College Hill, London, house in, 185, =121=

Combe Abbey, 171

Comfort in houses, 5

Coniers, Sir John, 227

Cooke, “My ladye Cooke’s House”, 36, =18=

Coryat, Thomas, 44

Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, 178

„ ceiling, 386, =313=

“Counsel and Advice to all Builders,” by Gerbier, 161

Covent Garden Piazza, 50, =24=

„ St Paul’s Church, 48, 52, =23=

Cowper, 3

Craftsmen, English, are skilful, 389

Crane, Sir Francis, 176, 367

Craven, William Lord, 164

Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, garden house, 236, =161=

Cunningham, Peter, his “Life of Inigo Jones”, 45 (_footnote_), 50 (_footnote_), 60 (_footnote_)

Cupolas, 316, =5=, =29=, =51=, =55=, =104=, =106=, =118=, =231–234=

Dacres, Lord, 216

Dance, George, 307

Daniell, Samuel, 78

Date-stones, 318, =235=, =236=

D’Avenant, 87

Davies, Robert (Smith), 345 (_footnote_)

Dawtrey Mansion, Petworth, Sussex, staircase, 124, =79=

Deanery at Wells, panelling, 193, =128=

„ „ chimney-piece, 379, =302=

Dean Street, Soho, London, house in, 251, =171=

Decline of fancy in design, 313

Deene, Northamptonshire, the “Seahorse”, 291, =205=

De L’Orme, 28, 73

Denham Place, Buckinghamshire, staircase, 355, =280=

„ panelling, 359, =287=

Denham, Sir John, 69, 70, 84, 87, 141, 144, 212

Denmark House, chapel at, 50

Design follows two paths, 99, 391

Designs of Inigo Jones. _See under_ Jones, Inigo.

Devonshire, Dukes of, 64, 204

Doorways, seventeenth-century, 126

„ exterior, =13=, =21=, =35=, =58=, =59=, =84=

„ interior, =48=, =83=, =85=, =86=, =87=, =89=, =124=, =126=, =129=, =130=

„ eighteenth-century--exterior, 333–339, =196=, =197=, =252–259=

„ interior, =282–285=

Dorking, shop at, 305, =219=

Double cube rooms, 58

Drayton, Leicestershire, date-stone, =235=

Drayton House, Northamptonshire, chimney-piece, 97, 138, =94=

„ gardens, 236, =159=, =160=

Dryden, 60

Du Cerceau, 28

Dunkirk House, 180

Dunstable, street, 296

Durham House, 97, 115

Dyrham, Gloucestershire, 203, 204, 373

„ plan, =138=

„ house, =137=

„ dining-room, =139=

Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, 178, 207–210

„ plan, =142=

„ house, =141=

„ interiors, =143=, =144=

Edney, William (smith), 342

Elizabethan houses, 1, 5, 56

„ „ still habitable, 3

Ely, Cambridgeshire, house at, 294, =206=

Emmett, William, of Bromley, 64, 65, 66

Entrances to houses, 319

Erectheus, Temple of, 311

Evelyn, John, 2, 70, 142, 180

„ quoted, 27, 167 (_footnote_)

Extinguishers near doors, 333

Ferguson, 274

Fielding’s “Tom Jones”, 266

Finsbury Circus, London, house in, 311, =225=

Finsbury Square, London, houses in, 307, =222=

Fire-backs, 370, =296=

„ basket, 370, =297=

„ dogs, 370, =295=, =296=

„ grates, =299=, =300=

„ places, 369, 375

„ jamb of, =298=

Fitzwilliam, Earl of, 258, 260

Flaxman, design for a chimney-piece, =304=

Flitcroft, Henry, 258–260

“Florimene,” a pastoral, 87

Fonthill Abbey, sale at, 17

„ House, Wiltshire, 14, 17, =9=

Ford Abbey, Dorset, chimney-piece, 138, =95=

Fournier Street, London, doorways, =257=

Frogley, R. (carpenter), 145

Furniture of houses in 1720, 375

Gables, 99

Gammon, Richard, 60

Ganymede, 19

Gardens, 229–236, =108=, =136=, =156–162=

„ at Boughton, 200

Garrick, 3

Gates and gateways, 322–331, =21=, =35=, =46=, =50=, =59=, =110=, =111=, =238=, =239=, =241–251=

Georgian Houses, 237

„ accommodation in the smaller, 287

Gerbier, Sir Balthazar, 60, 161–163, 168

Gibbs, James, 31, 178, 243–251

„ drawings by, =164–170=

Girdlers’ Hall, London, 191, =127=

Gloucester, house in Eastgate, 307

„ „ Southgate, 109, =65=

Godmersham Park, Kent, doorway, 356, =282=

Goodridge, H. E., of Bath, 265

Gothic revival, 20, 23

Grainger, of Newcastle, 282

Grecian temples in English gardens, 311

Greek influence, 21

Greenwich Hospital (formerly Palace), 150, =98=

Greenwich Palace-- King Charles’s Block, 52, 64, 65, 83, 168, =45= Ceiling, =77= Door, =87= Queen’s house at Greenwich, 43, 50, 52 Plan, =25= View, =26= Elevation, =27= Chimney-pieces by Inigo Jones, =91=, =92=

Greenwich Old Palace, staircase, 126, =82=, =83=

Gresham College, London, 143

Grinling Gibbons, 160, 189, 207, 357, 381

Gwydyr House, Whitehall, 20, =11=

Hagley, Worcestershire, 231

Hakewill, 91

Hall, the great, 6, 7

„ of eighteenth-century houses, 351

Ham House, Surrey, staircase, 126, =80=

Hampton Court, 13, 70, 150, 154, =6=

„ gate-pier, =244=

„ iron screen, =262=

„ iron balustrade, =264=

„ fire-dogs, 295

„ staircase and ceiling, =309=

Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire, 163–168, 324, =108=, =112=

Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, 13, =5=

Harewood House, doorway, =316=

Harley Street, London, 386

Hatton, 1

Hawes, Francis, his inventory, 372, 375

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 207–212, 220

Hengrave Hall, 275

Henry, Prince of Orange, 164

„ „ Wales, 45, 46

Hercules, 19

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, sundial, 318, =234=

Hinderskelf, Castle of, 216

Hogarth, 251

Holdenby House, 167

Holkham, Norfolk, 178, 271–275

„ „ plan, =188=

„ „ view, =189=

Holt, near Bradford-on-Avon, 291, =201=

Homes, English, 1

Homes of great nobles, 2

Honington Hall, Warwickshire, doorway and ceiling, 357, =283=

Hooke, Robert, 178

Horse Guards, The, Whitehall, 276, =190=

Houghton, Norfolk, 178, 251–256, 351

„ „ plan, =172=

„ „ views, =173–178=

Houses in towns, 299–313

Hyde, Lord Chancellor, 180

Ince Blundell, Lancashire, The Lion Lodge, 329, =246=

Inigo Jones. _See_ Jones, Inigo.

Inventory of house furniture in 1720, 372

Ipswich, houses at, 111, =66=

Ironwork, 299, 339–345, =212=, =213=, =262–266=, =268–271=

Isham, Sir Justinian, 93, 95

Italian influence and inspiration, 1, 2, 6, 27, 36

Jackson, John, 109

James I., 3, 45, 66

Jeffreys, Judge, 13

Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, chimney-piece, 136, =90=

Johnson, Dr., on Kedleston Hall, 278

Jones, Inigo, 2, 6, 7, 13, 20, 31, 33, 40, 41–61, 64, 82, 83, 84, 99, 117, 118, 122, 126, 129, 132, 136, 138, 142, 143, 146, 161, 162, 176

Jones, Inigo-- his designs for masques, 39, 45 employed to purchase pictures, 42 his birth, 44 visits to Italy, 45, 46 his sketch-book at Chatsworth, 45, 46 his annotated copy of Palladio, 45 work attributed to him, 46–50 “the Vitruvius of his age”, 52 his death and will, 60 Kent’s “Designs of Inigo Jones”, 56, 63, 64, 68, 80, 82, 87, 153, 212, 216, 237–240, 243, 260, 278, 377 “Designs of Inigo Jones,” compared with earlier designs, 82 designs for scenery, 64 drawings attributed to him, 65 Jones and the designs for the Palace at Whitehall, 63–80 “Designs for Whitehall”, 68 drawings by him, 77 (_footnote_), 79 Jones as scene-painter, 79 as surveyor, 79 drawings by Jones-- Banqueting House, =36=, =37= elevations of a house, =42= drawing for a masque, =43= ceiling at Wilton, =75= door at the Banqueting House, =86= window at the same, =88= chimney-pieces, =91=, =92= clock turret at Whitehall, =232= Temple Bar, =240= gateway, =241= plan of Stoke Bruerne, =115=

Jonson, Ben, 78, 79

Kedleston, Derbyshire, 178, 271, 278–280

„ „ plan, =191=

„ „ Hall, =192=

„ „ furniture at, 280

„ „ drawing-room, 389, =319=

Keith, Admiral Lord, 387

Keith, W. Grant, 77 (_footnote_), 87 (_footnote_)

Kelmarsh Hall, 178

Kennington Common, 311

Kennington Park Road, London, houses in, 311, =226=, =227=

Kent, William, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 138, 229, 255, 256, 271–278

Kew Palace, fire-grates, =299=, =300=

Kimbolton Castle, 224, 227

King’s Lynn, 296, =209=

Kingston, Castle Inn, staircase, 125, =81=

King’s Weston, Somerset, 13, 14, =7=

„ „ staircase, 352, =275=

Kip or Kyp, “Britannia Illustrata”, 164, 236

Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, chimney and dormer window, =230=

Laguerre, 384, 385

Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, 93, =52=

Landor, Walter Savage, 301

Langley, B. and T., 26 (_footnote_)

Lanscroon, 384

Laud, Archbishop, 127

Lead cisterns, =267=, =274=

Lead work, 345, 349, =267=, =274=

Lectures on Architecture in the Seventeenth Century, 163

Leicester, Earl of, 274, 275

Leicester, Lady, 275

Lempster, William, Lord, 207

Le Nôtre, 216

Lenthall, Speaker, 106

Leoni, 229

Leyton Great House, Essex, 185, =122=

Lewes, Sussex, house in the High Street, 314, =228=

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, staircase at No. 35, 356, =281=

Lisle, Dame Alice, 13

London Houses, 181, 307–311

„ plan, =223=

London suburbs, 313

Louvre, The, 74

Lysicrates, Choragic Monument of, 311

Magdalene College, Cambridge, 100, =56=

Malton, Earl of, 258

Mansfield Street, London, staircase, =315=

Market Harborough, Sign of Inn at, =212=

Mark Lane, London, doorway, 333, =254=

Marlborough, Duchess of, 150

„ town, 296

Masques, 45 (_footnote_), 78

„ drawing by Inigo Jones, 77, =43=

Mediæval houses, plan of, 115

„ traditions, decline of, 20

Melbourne, Derbyshire, gardens, 236

Melton Constable, Norfolk, 193, =131=

„ staircase, 354, =279=

Meopham, Kent, chimney, =229=

Middle Ages, vaulted rooms of the, 3

Milton, 10

Montagu, Duke of, 178, 196, 369

„ House, 178

Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, 216, 364

Mortlake, factory of tapestry, 367

Moulton, Northamptonshire, date-stone, =235=

Movable scenery, design of the, first, 87 (_footnote_)

Moyles Court, Hampshire, 10, =4=

Names of rooms on plans by, Thorpe and Webb, 115

Napoleon, 21

Nash, Beau, 266

Neville Holt, Leicestershire, The Stables, 316, =231=

Newcastle House, 168, 171

Newcastle, Earls and Dukes of, 32

Newmarket, royal house at, 50

Nixon, Alderman John, 111

„ his grammar school, at Oxford, 111, =67=

Normanton Park, Rutland, 17, =10=

Northampton, ceiling in Courts, of Justice, 381, =306=

Northleach, 43