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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       
1815
 
    
English architect John Nash designs the exotic Royal Pavilion in Brighton for the Prince Regent       
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
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1822
 
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Walter Scott begins to transform Abbotsford into a romantic house that he refers to as his 'conundrum castle'       
Abbotsford House
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c. 1835
 
    
English architect and designer Augustus Welby Pugin plays a major part in the second stage of the Gothic Revival       
Augustus Pugin, by unknown artist c.1840
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1837
 
    
Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament       
Houses of Parliament, c.1851
Guildhall Library