Stuart architecture

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Stuart architecture is a style of British building design from the 17th and early 18th centuries, characterized by a transition from late Renaissance and Jacobean forms toward more classical, Baroque-influenced compositions under the Stuart monarchs.

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instanceOf British architecture style
architectural style
architecturalStyle Baroque
classicizing architecture
late Renaissance
characteristic development of terrace housing in cities
elaborate interior plasterwork and wood carving
emphasis on central projections and porticos
greater use of classical orders
increased use of brick with stone dressings
more restrained exterior ornament than Jacobean architecture
symmetrical facades
use of hipped and mansard roofs
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Scotland
endTime early 18th century
followedBy Georgian architecture
follows Elizabethan architecture
English Renaissance architecture
Jacobean architecture
hasPart Caroline architecture
Queen Anne style (early 18th century British)
Restoration architecture
William and Mary style
inception 17th century
influencedBy French Baroque architecture
Italian Baroque architecture
Palladian architecture
Renaissance architecture
location English country estates
London
linked to: London, England

Scottish royal and noble residences
namedAfter House of Stuart
notableArchitect Christopher Wren
Inigo Jones
John Vanbrugh
Nicholas Hawksmoor
William Talman
notableWork Banqueting House, Whitehall
Blenheim Palace
Castle Howard
Greenwich Hospital, London
Kensington Palace (Stuart-period phases)
Queen’s House, Greenwich
linked to: Queen’s House

St Paul’s Cathedral, London
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
period English Restoration
linked to: Stuart period

reign of Charles I of England
reign of James I of England
reign of Queen Anne
linked to: Stuart period

reign of William III and Mary II
usedFor Anglican churches
linked to: Anglican Communion

civic buildings
country houses
royal palaces
urban townhouses

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Felbrigg Hall architecturalStyle Stuart architecture