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Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807) was a member of a leading family of 18th and 19th century English architects. An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ...
In his twenties Wyatt was master carpenter and later Robert Adam's clerk of works at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, which was a landmark in English neoclassical architecture. He later worked with his brother James Wyatt on The Pantheon in Oxford Street, London. He designed neoclassical country houses such as Dodington Hall in Gloucestershire and Tatton Park in Cheshire, and Trinity House in London. Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ...
Kedleston Hall was Brettinghams opportunity to prove himself capable of designing a house to rival Holkham Hall. ...
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ...
The neoclassical movement that produced Neoclassical architecture began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Late Baroque. ...
Fonthill Abbey. ...
Oxford Street, from the top deck of a bus Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster, and one of the worlds most famous streets for shopping. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...
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The Corporation of Trinity House - came into being in 1514 by Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII. Flag of Trinity House Trinity House has three main functions: The care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. ...
Wyatt's career was diverse. He designed the Albion Mills in London, which was the first in the world to be powered by steam engines, and patented designs for cast iron bridges. He designed model farm buildings and cottages, including many on the Holkham estate, and several lighthouses, including those at Dungeness and Flamborough Head. Holkham is a civil parish in the north-west of the county of Norfolk, England, comprising a small village, a major stately home and estate, and an attractive beach. ...
Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. ...
The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. ...
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