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A Passion for Buildings - the Amateur Architect in England 1650 - 1850
01 March - 01 June 2008
Time: House Opening Times
Price: House entry prices apply
The Roof House, Newby Park, 1785 designed by the owner, the 2nd Baron Grantham. Copyright West Yorkshire Archives - click to zoom image
The Roof House, Newby Park, 1785 designed by the owner, the 2nd Baron Grantham. Copyright West Yorkshire Archives
  A view of Castle Howard, the West Front painted by William Marlow, c.1770 (the extension designed by Sir Thomas Robinson c.1753 - click to zoom image
A view of Castle Howard, the West Front painted by William Marlow, c.1770 (the extension designed by Sir Thomas Robinson c.1753
  The Long Gallery, Castle Howard painted by John Jackson, c.1810. - click to zoom image
The Long Gallery, Castle Howard painted by John Jackson, c.1810.
  The South aspect of Rokeby Park, nr Barnard Castle. Designed by the owner Sir Thomas Robinson, c.1725 copyright Rokeby Park - click to zoom image
The South aspect of Rokeby Park, nr Barnard Castle. Designed by the owner Sir Thomas Robinson, c.1725 copyright Rokeby Park
 
Fairfax House is hosting a touring exhibition of paintings, watercolours and drawings, curated by the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.

Yorkshire is fortunate in having a number of distinguished buildings designed by gentlemen architects like Lord Burlington, William Worsley and Sir Thomas Robinson. The exhibition, curated by the Sir John Soane’s Museum, features a number of these exquisite designs and includes others like the eccentric design for a romantic retreat by Ada Byron, only daughter of the famous poet.

An early definition of an amateur was 'a person understanding and loving and practising the polite arts of painting, sculpture and architecture without any regard to financial advantage'.

What will surprise the visitor is the innovation of many of the buildings. It was as if the amateur cold practise architectural design unfettered by convention. The results are some of the most extraordinary and delightful creations.



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