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Harlaxton Manor in 2005.
Anthony Salvin (1799, Worthing, England - 1881, Worthing, England) was an eminent Victorian architect, renowned for his restoration of Medieval buildings, including parts of Windsor Castle. His ebullient masterpiece, Harlaxton Manor, is in a rich mix of Jacobean detailing with Baroque massing and symmetry.

He did much restoration work on the Jewel House at The Tower of London. When building a new structure, such as Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, he created something as dramatic and powerful as a medieval castle might have been. Between 1838 and 1848 he carried out a major restoration of Greystoke Castle in Cumbria, and then carried out more work on the building after it was damaged by fire in 1868.

He carried out some major modifications on Dunster Castle, Somerset and, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, his work includes a massive vaulted entrance-way and the inner court to which it leads. Earlier in his career in the 1840s he designed All Saints parish church in Runcorn, Cheshire.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Anthony Salvin as 'the most successful restorer and purveyor of castles in the 2nd half of the 19th Century.' He came from a Durham family and was educated at Durham School before going to London where he became a pupil of John Nash. He then started his own practice which lasted for some 60 years, where he became an expert in medieval fortifications, building and altering over 73 country houses.

Salvin was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1836, became vice-president in 1839 and in 1863 the Institute conferred its gold medal on him.

References

  • Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7676-3
  • Johnson, Paul, Castles of England, Scotland and Wales, Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1989. ISBN 0-297-83162-3

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Worthing is a large town and a local government district in West Sussex, England.

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Worthing has a population of almost 100,000 and is situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, a proposed national park[1]
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Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
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Worthing is a large town and a local government district in West Sussex, England.

Town

Worthing has a population of almost 100,000 and is situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, a proposed national park[1]
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation.
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Harlaxton Manor is a mansion in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England. It was built 1837 by Sir Gregory Gregory. The manor is currently the home of the University of Evansville's British campus.
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The Jacobean style is the name given to the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.
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Baroque was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the turn of the 17th century in Rome, that was exemplified by drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music..
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Jewel House in the Tower of London is both a building and an institution. Until 1782 it was the Department of the Jewel Office, under the Master of the Jewel Office, who was generally a senior politician.

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A Keeper of the Crown Jewels was appointed in 1207.
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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Reference 488
Region Europe and North America

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Greystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke 8 Km west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England. (grid reference NY435309 ).

In 1069, following the Norman conquest the Saxon chieftain Llyulph de Greystoke was re-granted his land and he built a wooden tower
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    Cumbria (IPA: /ˈkʌmbriə/), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.
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    Dunster Castle


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    Country England

    Dunster Castle is the historical home of the Luttrell family located in the small town of Dunster, Somerset, England (grid reference SS991434 ).
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    Somerset

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    Region South West England
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    Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built immediately following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times.
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    Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and
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    Runcorn

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    Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. He is best known for his 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England
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    Durham School

    Motto Floreat Dunelmia
    (May Durham Flourish)
    Established 1414

    Type Public School
    Religious affiliation Anglican

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    John Nash may refer to:
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    The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom.

    Originally named the Institute of British Architects in London
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    Thoresby Hall is a stately home in Nottinghamshire in the Dukeries about 3 miles from Clumber Park.

    Once the home of the Duke of Kingston, it passed into the ownership of the Earl Manvers.
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    Harlaxton Manor is a mansion in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England. It was built 1837 by Sir Gregory Gregory. The manor is currently the home of the University of Evansville's British campus.
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    Oxon Hoath is a manor house with 73 acres (295,000 m²) of grounds in Kent (just outside Hadlow, near Tonbridge) in the "West Kent Rural Conservation Area". The spelling "Oxen Hoath" is a common alternative.
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