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1514
 
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Thomas Wolsey begins to build himself a palace at Hampton Court, but will later consider it politic to give it to Henry VIII     See in Google maps   
Hampton Court west front, chromolithograph
Richmond Local Studies
1599
 
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The Globe, where many of Shakespeare's plays are first performed, is built on Bankside in London       
Globe Theatre, from 17c view of London
Mary Evans Picture Library

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1710
 
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Christopher Wren's new domed St Paul's cathedral is completed in London       
St.Paul's Cathedral
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1715
 
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Colen Campbell creates interest in the Palladian style in Britain with the publication of his Vitruvius Britannicus        
1717
 
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The earl of Burlington employs Colen Campbell to remodel his Piccadilly house in the Palladian style        
Burlington, earl of, by Richardson, c.1718
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1750
 
    
Horace Walpole begins to create his own Strawberry Hill, a neo-Gothic fantasy, on the banks of the Thames west of London       
Strawberry Hill admission ticket
Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Collection
1757
 
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Robert Adam returns to Britain after two years in Rome with a repertoire of classical themes which he mingles to form a new British neoclassicism       
Robert Adam, attributed to Willison, c.1772
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1767
 
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Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig       
1792
 
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Charlotte Square in Edinburgh begins to be built to the design of Robert Adam       
1805
 
    
With advice from Thomas Daniell, Samuel Pepys Cockerell builds himself a house, Sezincote, with a roof line of fanciful Indian domes