Daniel Garrett
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Daniel Garrett (died 1753) was a British architect who worked on the
Burlington Estate __NOTOC__ The Burlington Estate is an area in Mayfair to the north of Piccadilly in the West End of London, England.Cork Street and Savile Row Area - Introduction , British History Online
/ref>
Culloden Tower The Culloden Tower was built as a parkland ornament or folly in about 1746 on the estate of John Yorke MP, at Richmond, North Yorkshire. It was built on the site of an earlier pele tower, the remains of which possibly form the rectangular base ...
,
Raby Castle Raby Castle () is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Ed ...
, and
Banqueting House In English architecture, mainly from the Tudor period onwards, a banqueting house is a separate pavilion-like building reached through the gardens from the main residence, whose use is purely for entertaining, especially eating. Or it may be buil ...
.


History

Garrett started as a clerk of works, then in 1735 set up his own practice in the North of England. He worked on
Hawksmoor Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 25 March 1736) was an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. Hawksmoor worked alongside the principa ...
's mausoleum at
Castle Howard Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. ...
, Yorks from 1737 to 42, as well as streets on the Burlington Estate, such as
Savile Row Savile Row (pronounced ) is a street in Mayfair, central London. Known principally for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men, the street has had a varied history that has included accommodating the headquarters of the Royal Geographical ...
and on
Horton Hall Horton Hall, known locally as Horton House, was a stone-built Georgian stately home, now demolished, located on a 3,764 acre estate stretching across nine parishes on the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire borders. History The earliest entry fo ...
in Northamptonshire until 1753. He wrote the first book on farm-buildings, ''Designs and Estimates of Farm-Houses, etc.'' in 1747.Designs and estimates of farm houses &c. for the County of York, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Bishoprick of Durham [WorldCat.org]
/ref>


Style

He is thought to have been influenced by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, his patron. He also used Rococo plasterwork, and some Gothic architecture, Gothic details in buildings such as Hylton Castle and Gibside Banqueting House in 1751.


References


External links


Biography on Answers.comCountry houses on Parks & Gardens UKCountry houses on The DiCamillo Companion
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrett, Daniel 18th-century English architects 1753 deaths Year of birth missing