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Kingweston House east front

After 1824 the house was remodelled and partly rebuilt in a more severe neoclassical style, probably to designs by William Wilkins who moved the entrance to the east end of the south range and added a Greek Doric portico. The older eastern work was demolished and a long north-east wing of two and a half storeys was added then or later to form the east side of an internal service court. The long east entrance front faces the 18th-century stable court. The west range was rebuilt to remodelled or rebuilt to match, its large central rooms marked by a canted bay.

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University of London
Image Caption: 
Kingweston House east front
Asset Author: 
Mary Siraut