1. Buckling Hall: The building of a Jacobean mansion.
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Stanley-Millson, Caroline and Newman, John
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ARCHITECTURAL history ,HALLS (Buildings) ,ARCHITECTURAL design ,MANSIONS ,SERVICE contracts ,ARCHITECTS ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
The article examines the architectural history of the Blickling Hall, a Jacobean building, in Norfolk, England. It discusses various extensive building accounts from the Lothian papers in the Norfolk Record Office and surviving documents concerning the mansion's construction and personnel involve, such as the full summary drawn up by Richard Burton, the steward of Sir Henry Hobart, the first Baronet of the Blickling Hall. The architectural drawings of the house provided by the master craftsmen Robert Lying, which shows the design for a banqueting house in the east garden, and other documents which includes the total expenditures and service contracts are presented
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- 1986
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