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Downton Castle
Photographer: Edwin Smith and Architects: Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824), Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (1723-1777)1959
Royal Institute of British Architects
London, United Kingdom
Exterior view Downton Castle. Built by Richard Payne Knight, virtuoso, archaeologist and anthropologist, c.1772-1778, this house is one of the earliest contrived castellated castles. Knight was assisted in the early stages of building by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.
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- Title: Downton Castle
- Creator: Photographer: Edwin Smith, Architects: Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824), Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (1723-1777)
- Date Created: 1959
- Location Created: Downton-on-the-Rock, Herefordshire, UK
- Rights: Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections
- Medium: Photoprint
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