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after he went bankrupt in 1658. Hendrick returned to London when Stone
died in 1647.
If we are to accept that, in the main, Dutch bricklayers did not directly teach
their fine skills in gauged work to the city bricklayers, then most clearly they
learnt from them by several indirect means. From the Tudor and Jacobean
bricklayer's work of hewing and rubbing brick mouldings, the Stuart craftsmen
had simply continued to refine these skills, working with ever-improving bricks
and demands for smaller mortar joints, through the architectural designs of the
Artisan Mannerist movement, as influenced from the Netherlands. Craftsmen
eagerly learning these new skills and techniques further reinforced this move-
ment, made strong by the proliferation of pattern-topics out of Antwerp.
Summary
The brickwork of the Jacobean and pre-Restoration periods was influenced by
a combination of factors, including architectural writings from the Continent
with designs based on the Renaissance. The rise of the Artisan Mannerist
movement saw the continued refinement of the skills of master bricklayers and
masons. These men, post-fired working an ever-improving quality of bricks,
were able to achieve a much higher degree of accuracy, essential for clas-
sical detailing. This movement was largely led by respected artisan designers
and was the key link to the full acceptance and development of Dutch-styled
gauged brickwork that flowered in the post-Restoration period.
Case Study: Jigginstown House, 1635-37, Naas, County
Kildare, Republic of Ireland
The Principal Architect's Perspective
By Ana Dolan, Senior Conservation Architect, The Office of Public Works, Ireland.
Jigginstown
d
.1635-37 is the earliest building in Ireland constructed mainly in
brick and was built by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. Wentworth was
appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1631 but he did not come over until
July 1633. He was an ardent royalist and was eager to persuade Charles I to
visit Ireland. He declared that there was no building suitable to lodge the royal
household and decided to build a large palace in Naas, 21 miles south east of
Dublin. The lands were acquired in 1635 and the main building was completed
in 1637 at a cost of six thousand pounds. Jigginstown House, which Wentworth
himself described as,
'built not only to excess but even to folly'
never received its
Royal visitor. In 1640 Wentworth was recalled to England and impeached for
treason. He was executed on Tower Hill in 1641, aged 48 declaring
'put not your
trust in princes'.
