John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones.
Castle Howard, c. 1699 (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson only completed in early 19th century). The architect's own house in Whitehall, 1700–1701, known as "Goose-Pie House", demolished 1898.Beard, p. 70. The Orangery, Kensington Palace, 1704: probably a modification by Vanbrugh to a design by Hawksmoor.The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert, rev. ed. (London: Macmillan London, 1993; ), pp. 311, 438. Haymarket Theatre, 1704–05,Beard, p. 71 has been completely rebuilt since and is now known as His Majesty's. Blenheim Palace, 1705–1722, stable court never completed. Grand Bridge, Blenheim, 1708–1722.Sherwood and Pevsner, p. 473. Kimbolton Castle, 1708–1719,Saumarez Smith, The Building of Castle Howard, p.96. remodelled the building. Demolished part of Audley End and designed new Grand Staircase, 1708.John Julius Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England (London: Macmillan London, 1985; ), p. 208. Claremont House, 1708,Geoffrey Tyack and Steven Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England (London: Black, 1994; ), p.468. then known as Chargate (rebuilt to the designs of Henry Holland in the 18th century). Kings Weston House, 1710–1714.Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 27. Grimsthorpe Castle, 1715–1730, only the north side of the courtyard was rebuilt.Tyack and Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England, pp. 315–16. Eastbury Park, 1713–1738, completed by Roger Morris who amended Vanbrugh's design (demolished except for Kitchen Wing).Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 182. Cholmondeley Castle 1713 Vanbrugh prepared a design to rebuild the house, but it is believed not to have been executedpage 141, The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh, Geoffrey Beard, 1986, Batsford Books, The Obelisk, Castle Howard 1714page 132, The Building of Castle Howard, Charles Saumarez Smith, 1990, Faber and Faber, Morpeth Town Hall, 1714. (Front renewed and back replaced in 1869–70.)John Grundy et al., Northumberland (London: Penguin, 1992; ), pp. 73, 397. The Belvedere, Claremont Landscape Garden, 1715.Tyack and Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England, pp. 468–69. Vanbrugh Castle, 1718–19, the architect's own house in Greenwich.Beard, p. 56. Additionally, houses for other members of Vanbrugh's family (none of which survived beyond 1910).Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 2 South (London: Penguin, 1983; ), p. 273. Stowe, Buckinghamshire, c.1719, added north portico, also several temples and follies in the gardens (the surviving follies are: the Wolfe Obelisk (c.1720), relocated 1759; the Rotunda (1720–21) dome altered; the Lake Pavilions (c.1719) alteredpages 13, 24 &, Stowe Landscape Gardens, 1997, Jonathan Marsden et al, National Trust 1997) up until his death.Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 69. The Temple,page 117, Vanburgh, Kerry Downes, 1977 A. Zwemmer Ltd, Eastbury Park (early 1720s) demolished Robin Hood's Well,page 46, Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press Yorkshire C.1720 The Dairies (east house), c.1720 Seaton Delaval Hall, 1720–1728.Grundy et al., Northumberland, pp. 73, 561–63. Lumley Castle, 1722, remodelling work.Beard p. 66 Pyramid Gate, Castle Howard 1723page 134, The Building of Castle Howard, Charles Saumarez Smith, 1990, Faber and Faber, Walled Kitchen Garden,page 235, Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press Claremont (c.1723) Newcastle Pew, St George's Church, Esher, 1724.Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 618. The Bagnio (water pavilion),page 27, The Country Houses of Sir John Vanbrugh: From the Archives of Country Life, Jeremy Musson, 2008, Aurum Eastbury Park (1725) demolished Temple of the Four Winds, Castle Howard, 1725–1728.Saumarez Smith, The Building of Castle Howard, pp. 144–46.
Attributed works include:
Completion of State rooms, Hampton Court Palace, 1716–1718.Cherry and Pevsner, London 2 South, p. 494. Ordnance Board Building, Woolwich, 1716–1720.The attribution is described as plausible in Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 2 South, p. 287. Chatham Dockyard Great Store House 1717, now demolished, Vanburgh or Hawksmoor were possibly involved in the designpage 164, The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh, Geoffrey Beard, 1986, Batsford Books, Berwick Barracks, 1717–1721.Described as a misattribution in Grundy et al., Northumberland, pp. 74, 178–79. Grundy et al. attribute the design to Hawksmoor, saying that this was probably modified in execution by Andrews Jelfe. The Brewhouse,pages 153-154, English Homes, Period IV - vol.II, The work of Sir John Vanbrugh and his School 1699-1736, H. Avery Tipping and Christopher Hussey, 1928, Country Life Kings Weston House (c.1718) Chatham Dockyard Main gate 1720, is possibly by Vanburgh or Hawksmoor Loggia, Kings Weston House (c.1722)page 177, Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press
Gallery of architectural work
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