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higher standard than Kew Palace; yet clearly pre-dates it by a decade or more.
It would now surely be correct to recognise Houghton House as the first build-
ing on which gauged brickwork was introduced into England (Fig. 37).
Figure 37
Early gauged
brickwork detailing
on the entrance
loggia on the north
elevation of Houghton
House, Ampthill
(Bedfordshire), 1615.
It is important to note, however, that some authorities think the design of
this once large loggia, with its early gauged work, is too 'mannered' for Jones
in which case a strong candidate is master mason and sculptor, Nicholas Stone
the Elder (1586-1647). (Harris and Higgott, 1990, 155) record:
One architect in Jones's entourage whose work is both distinguished and singu-
lar is Nicholas Stone, the mason of the Banqueting House and master mason
to the Crown from 1632, deeply read in continental treatises… Stone created
a Mannerist style that is not 'artisan', but stems directly from the northern Italian
Renaissance.
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