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2 hours ago · Inigo Jones’s designs for Britannia are preserved in the collection at Chatsworth House and they include drawings of the antimasque characters (including the apes of entry 3), as well as those featuring in ‘The Mock Romansa’ (15–18) later conjured by Merlin.
5 days ago · Major repairs were initiated in the 1630s by Inigo Jones, who oversaw the removal of shops, the renovation of walls, and the building of a much-admired portico on the western side. During the English Civil Wars (1642–51), however, the structure was severely damaged by Cromwellian cavalry troops who used it as a barracks.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · These decorations are all of one date, and bear so strong a likeness to other known designs drawn by Inigo Jones that they may safely be ascribed to the years when Henrietta herself inspired the decoration of the house.
4 days ago · Ignoring the past often means ignoring the good ideas of one’s immediate predecessors. In the past, copying masters was a valuable part of architectural design—Andrea Palladio copied Bramante, Inigo Jones copied Palladio, Christopher Wren copied Jones. Now copying is taboo.
4 days ago · Without delay steps were taken for the erection of a new Banqueting House, and on 19th April, only three months after the fire, Inigo Jones, the King's surveyor-general, had the plans of a new building ready, together with an estimate of the cost.
3 days ago · It was built c. 1640 and the design is generally attributed to Inigo Jones, though there is no direct evidence for this. The house was divided into two in 1751–52, when the interior was much altered.
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4 days ago · Accusation of the Commons against Inigo Jones. And further his Lordship reported, "That the House of Commons likewise, at this Conference, had delivered in to their Lordships a Declaration against Inigo Jones , for pulling down St. Gregorie's Church , near St. Paul's Church , and desired he might be called to answer the same, and to be proceeded therein according to Justice."
