Thomas Archer (1668-1743) was an English baroque architect. He was born in Tamworth-in-Arden in Warwickshire. He went on a Grand Tour and was influenced by the work of Bernini and Borromini. His churches include St. John's, Smith Square, Westminster, St Paul's, Deptford and St Philip, Birmingham, now Birmingham Cathedral. Archer's secular works included Roehampton House in Surrey and the cascade house and the west and north fronts at Chatsworth House. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... For the bicycle racing term Grand Tour, see Grand Tour (cycling). ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Francesco Borromini (Bissone near Lugano, Switzerland, September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a Baroque architect, and active in Rome alongside the more prolific papal architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... St. ... Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ... Birmingham, England, has three cathedrals. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... A view of Chatsworth from the south west in 1880. ...