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    Sir John Soane RA FSA FRS (/soʊn/; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The...
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    Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect...
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    philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts. The architect John Soane designed a tomb for his wife and himself in the churchyard, which is now...
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    Pitzhanger Manor (category John Soane buildings)
    English country house famous as the home of neoclassical architect, Sir John Soane. Built between 1800 and 1804 in Walpole Park Ealing, to the west of London)...
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  • dramatist Henry Soane (1622–1661), Virginia politician and landowner John Soane (1753–1837), English architect and collector Stuart Soane (born 1987), Scottish...
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    Bank of England (category John Soane buildings)
    site. Sir Robert Taylor died in 1788 and in his place the bank appointed John Soane as Architect and Surveyor (he would remain in post until 1827). Under...
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    Dulwich Picture Gallery (category John Soane buildings)
    opened to the public in 1817 and was designed by the Regency architect Sir John Soane. His design was recognized for its innovative and influential method of...
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    Tyringham Hall (category John Soane buildings)
    (/ˈtiːrɪŋəm/) is a Grade I listed stately home, originally designed by Sir John Soane in 1792. It is located in Tyringham near Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire...
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    1984, Sir John Soane, Architect. Flora Fraser, Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III p. 57. Colvin, 1995, "James Paine", "Sir John Soane" Bagshot...
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    Wimpole Estate (category John Soane buildings)
    1793 by Sir John Soane The chapel by James Gibbs with murals by Sir James Thornhill completed 1724 The Plunge Bath c.1792 by Sir John Soane Wimpole Hall's...
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    Aynhoe Park (category John Soane buildings)
    At the beginning of the 19th century, the house was embellished by Sir John Soane. Aynhoe Park is a pedimented main block with lower service blocks on each...
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    Sarcophagus of Seti I (category Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum)
    would have housed his coffin and mummy. It was bought by architect Sir John Soane in 1824 for £2000 (equivalent to £187,000 in 2021) after the British Museum...
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    to an architect. There he was taught by Sir John Soane, for whom his brother, James, had also worked. Soane was an advocate of the Neo-Palladian style...
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    pupil of John Soane but left after only a few months in early 1797 due to a personality clash with his teacher. He wrote to his father: He (Soane) was on...
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    known as "Cricket House", to the designs of his friend the architect Sir John Soane (1753–1837). The Admiral had purchased the estate in 1775 from Richard...
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    Holland as a junior partner owing to the scale of the project. John Soane (later Sir John Soane) was employed in Holland's office at this time and worked on...
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    John Nash, Sir John Soane, Sir Charles Barry, Charles Robert Cockerell, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Sir George Gilbert Scott, John Loughborough Pearson...
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    to the eating-room at No. 11 Downing Street, designed by Sir John Soane". Sir John Soane's Museum. Retrieved 20 October 2022. "10 Downing Street Today"...
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    Royal Hospital Chelsea (category John Soane buildings)
    the Hospital Treasurer, the building was not completed until 1692. Sir John Soane, who was clerk of works in the early part of the 19th century, designed...
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  • of London is founded. The rebuilding of Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing by John Soane for his own use is completed. 1805 20 January: The London Docks open....
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    Sir John Soane's Museum Architectural Library, Soane Case 153, Lecture, V, January 1810, folios 50–51 Watkin, Sir John Soane, p. 337, quoting Sir John Soane's...
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    his imaginative paintings depicting Sir John Soane's architectural designs. He worked extensively with Soane both as draughtsman and creative partner...
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  • English neo-classical architect Sir John Soane gives effect to the creation of his London house as Sir John Soane's Museum. June 10 – Galerie des Batailles...
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    The Simeon Monument, also known as the Soane Obelisk, the Soane Monument and the Simeon Obelisk, is a stone structure in Market Place, the former site...
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    Sir John Soane's Museum: his design for the competition was in the classical style, but topped with a dome reminiscent of those designed by Soane for...
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    occupied by Bethnal Green Library, the Young V&A and St John's Church, designed by John Soane. In John Stow's Survey of London (1598) the hamlet was called...
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    especially critical of the limited separate facilities for women prisoners. John Soane rebuilt the prison between 1789 and 1793. The interior walls of the keep...
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    decided to leave a personal legacy to the nation. To this end, he employed John Soane, the distinguished architect who had designed the Bank of England and...
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    floor created the Gothic Library to the designs of Sir John Soane. This is a rare example of Soane using the Gothic style. In 1834, Richard, 1st Duke of...
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  • A Rake's Progress (category Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum)
    Hospital (Bedlam). The original paintings are in the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum in London, where they are normally on display for a short period...
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