biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1535–1614)
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| biography:
| English architect. Trained as a mason, his first recorded work was at Longleat (1568), which he may have designed. His masterpiece was Wollaton Hall, Nottingham (1580–8), a mock mediaeval castle, made up of classical and Flemish Mannerist elements. He developed a new vertical plan, with the great hall set transversely, which revolutionized the spatial possibilities of contemporary buildings. He settled in Wollaton, which has led the nearby country houses, Worksop Manor, Balborough (1585), and Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (1591–7) to be attributed to him. |
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