Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . -acteristic elements of his monumental style, well suited for the dwellings of themonarch or of a great aristocracy. In the hands of Wren the style became less austere and more intimate. Some-thing of baroque surprise and movement appeared. Baroque elements, like thebroken and scroll pediments, were admitted, consoles were more freely used, rus-ticated quoins penetrated the enframements, more exuberant carving enriched theinteriors. Under Dutch influence brick became the favored material. In the ser- 53 AMERICAN DOMESTI
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . -acteristic elements of his monumental style, well suited for the dwellings of themonarch or of a great aristocracy. In the hands of Wren the style became less austere and more intimate. Some-thing of baroque surprise and movement appeared. Baroque elements, like thebroken and scroll pediments, were admitted, consoles were more freely used, rus-ticated quoins penetrated the enframements, more exuberant carving enriched theinteriors. Under Dutch influence brick became the favored material. In the ser- 53 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE vice of the Universities, the London parishes, and the City Companies, the newstyle was adapted to a wider domestic use, for which the rebuilding of Londonafter the Great Fire gave the first occasion. A fresh initiative of international importance was taken in the years after 1715by Lord Burlington, who, championing the style of Palladio and of Jones, outdidthem in purism and in classical ardor. Already, just before this, William Benson mm U S u c [Fnu 35. Front in all 90. A The Paflage into the The Hall. C The Paflage into the Garden. D and E Steps entringinto the Parlors and The great The little Parlor. H The great pair of Stairs leading tip to the Dining-room over the The Kitchin. K A The back-pair of A Paflery, or The Chimneys. TVlirt tbk bttvitn 146 & Figure 30. A Platform for a Mansion-houseFrom Stephen Primatt: City and Country Purchaser and Builder (1667) had built perhaps the first house in England with a great projecting portico: Wil-bury House in Wiltshire,1 soon followed by many others. Provincial England first saw academic forms in a few houses ascribed to Jonesand Webb, built about 1650, the most notable being Coleshill and Thorpe Hall,characterized by simple rectangular masses with double files of rooms, level cor-nice lines, hip-roofs, and uniform r
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