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England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 September 1788<span style="display:none">(1788-09-27)</span> (aged 73–74)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Architect</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Buildings</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Heveningham" title="Heveningham">Heveningham</a> Hall<br /><a href="/wiki/Old_Gorhambury_House" title="Old Gorhambury House">Gorhambury House</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Robert Taylor</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 80%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">JP</a></span> <span style="font-size: 80%;"></span></span> (1714 – 27 September 1788) was an English architect and sculptor who worked in London and the south of England. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born at <a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a>, Essex, Taylor followed in his father's footsteps and started working as a stonemason and sculptor, spending time as a pupil of Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cheere" title="Henry Cheere">Henry Cheere</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite some important commissions, including a bust of London merchant Christopher Emmott (died 1745) today held in the <a href="/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Church,_Colne" title="St Bartholomew's Church, Colne">church of St Bartholomew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colne" title="Colne">Colne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another of <a href="/wiki/William_Phipps_(Governor_of_Bombay)" title="William Phipps (Governor of Bombay)">William Phipps</a> (died 1748), now in the parish church of <a href="/wiki/Westbury,_Wiltshire" title="Westbury, Wiltshire">Westbury, Wiltshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he enjoyed little success and turned instead to architecture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among Taylor's earliest projects was <a href="/wiki/Asgill_House" title="Asgill House">Asgill House</a> (known then as Richmond Place), built for a wealthy banker, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Asgill,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Asgill</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond upon Thames</a> (c. 1760), and nearby Oak House. Through such connections, he came to be appointed as architect to the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> until his death, when he was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/John_Soane" title="John Soane">Sir John Soane</a>. In 1769 he succeeded <a href="/wiki/William_Chambers_(architect)" title="William Chambers (architect)">Sir William Chambers</a> as Architect of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Works" title="Office of Works">King's Works</a>. His pupils included <a href="/wiki/John_Nash_(architect)" title="John Nash (architect)">John Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pepys_Cockerell" title="Samuel Pepys Cockerell">Samuel Pepys Cockerell</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Byfield" class="mw-redirect" title="George Byfield">George Byfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Pilkington_(architect)" title="William Pilkington (architect)">William Pilkington</a>. </p><p>He served as a magistrate, and in 1783 served as a <a href="/wiki/Sheriff_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheriff of London">Sheriff of London</a> and was knighted the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wabbey_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wabbey-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sir Robert served as a vice president on the board of the <a href="/wiki/Foundling_Hospital" title="Foundling Hospital">Foundling Hospital</a>, a prominent charity dedicated to the welfare of London's abandoned children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1803)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had a son, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Angelo_Taylor" title="Michael Angelo Taylor">Michael Angelo Taylor</a> (1757–1834), who, as MP for <a href="/wiki/Poole_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poole (UK Parliament constituency)">Poole</a>, became a <a href="/wiki/British_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Whig Party">Whig</a> politician during the 1830s. His death was caused by catching a chill at his friend Asgill's funeral in September 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Father and son were buried in the church of <a href="/wiki/St_Martin-in-the-Fields" title="St Martin-in-the-Fields">St Martin-in-the-Fields</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, London. Taylor is commemorated, with a marble plaque dedicated to him, on the wall of the south transept of <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wabbey_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wabbey-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Institution" title="Taylor Institution">Taylor Institution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>'s centre for the study of medieval and modern European languages and literature, takes its name from a bequest from Taylor for the purpose of "establishing a foundation for the teaching and improving the European languages". The money was initially invested and interest left to accrue to cover building costs.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sir Robert Taylor Society is an organisation which seeks to bring together modern language teachers in schools and university lecturers from the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Medieval_and_Modern_Languages,_University_of_Oxford" title="Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford">Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford</a>. A meeting is held once a year, shortly before the start of the Michaelmas term, at which talks are given on the literature and culture of the language communities represented in the Oxford faculty, and university admissions trends in the various languages are discussed.<sup id="cite_ref-SRTS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRTS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architectural_works">Architectural works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Architectural works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Binney's book:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>14 <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="St. James's Square">St. James's Square</a>, London, alterations (1748–50)</li> <li>112 <a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a>, City of London (c. 1750); demolished</li> <li>Braxted Lodge, Essex, extension (1752–56)</li> <li>Bishop's Palace, <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>, remodelled (1754–57); demolished 1874</li> <li>35 & 36 <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn_Fields" title="Lincoln's Inn Fields">Lincoln's Inn Fields</a>, London (1754–57); 36 rebuilt 1859, 35 bombed in the <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">Blitz</a> 1941</li> <li>Mausoleum, <a href="/wiki/Chilham" title="Chilham">Chilham</a> Church (1754); demolished 1862</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harleyford_Manor" title="Harleyford Manor">Harleyford Manor</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Marlow,_Buckinghamshire" title="Marlow, Buckinghamshire">Marlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> (1755)</li> <li>Coptford Hall, nr. <a href="/wiki/Margaretting" title="Margaretting">Margaretting</a>, Essex (1755); demolished 1850</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comarques,_Thorpe-le-Soken" title="Comarques, Thorpe-le-Soken">Comarques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thorpe-le-Soken" title="Thorpe-le-Soken">Thorpe-le-Soken</a>, Essex, later the home of the novelist <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Bennett" title="Arnold Bennett">Arnold Bennett</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge" title="London Bridge">London Bridge</a>, removal of houses on the bridge and replacement of the central two arches by a single arch (1756–66); demolished 1831</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barlaston_Hall" title="Barlaston Hall">Barlaston Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> (1756–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Grove,_Watford" title="The Grove, Watford">The Grove, Watford</a>, Hertfordshire remodelling (1780)</li> <li>70 <a href="/wiki/Lombard_Street,_London" title="Lombard Street, London">Lombard Street, London</a> (c. 1756); demolished c. 1920</li> <li>Pond House, Village Way, Dulwich (1759) for John Tinkler as a hunting lodge; exceptional original features include gold cornicing in the drawing room and exquisite mouldings in the dining room depicting Roman and Greek themes</li> <li>Grafton House, <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> (c. 1760); demolished 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longford_Castle" title="Longford Castle">Longford Castle</a>, alterations (c. 1760)</li> <li>Ottershaw Park, nr. <a href="/wiki/Chertsey" title="Chertsey">Chertsey</a>, Surrey (1761); demolished 1908</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgill_House" title="Asgill House">Asgill House</a>, Richmond, Surrey (1761–64)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danson_House" title="Danson House">Danson House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bexley" title="Bexley">Bexley</a>, Kent (1762–67)</li> <li>Trewithan House, Cornwall, dining room and other additions (1763–64)</li> <li>Bank Buildings, <a href="/wiki/Threadneedle_Street" title="Threadneedle Street">Threadneedle Street</a>, City of London (1764–66); demolished 1844</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, Rotunda & Transfers office (1765–68), Court Room & associated offices (1765–72), Reduced Annuity Office (1787); demolished apart from the Court Room which was incorporated into the current building</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnos_Grove_house" title="Arnos Grove house">Arnos Grove</a> house in Cannon Hill, <a href="/wiki/Southgate,_London" title="Southgate, London">Southgate</a>, north London, library and dining room (c. 1765)</li> <li>34 Spring Gardens, <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a>, London, Taylor's own house (1767); demolished 1885</li> <li>Kevington Hall, enlarged, <a href="/wiki/Kevington,_London" title="Kevington, London">Kevington</a>, Kent (1767–69)</li> <li>Six minor bridges on the <a href="/wiki/Botley_Road" title="Botley Road">Botley Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a> (1767); none survives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinford_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinford Bridge">Swinford Bridge</a>, over the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> at <a href="/wiki/Eynsham" title="Eynsham">Eynsham</a> (1767–69)</li> <li>33 <a href="/wiki/Brook_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Brook Street">Upper Brook Street</a>, Mayfair, London (1769)</li> <li>1 to 14 Grafton Street, London (1769 onwards); only 3 to 6 and the basement of 7 survive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chute_Lodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Chute Lodge">Chute Lodge</a>, Wiltshire, near Andover (c. 1768)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbrook_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Purbrook Park">Purbrook Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsdown_Hill" title="Portsdown Hill">Portsdown Hill</a>, Hampshire (c. 1770) – the first recreation of a Roman atrium in England; demolished 1829</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharpham,_Ashprington" title="Sharpham, Ashprington">Sharpham House</a>, nr. <a href="/wiki/Totnes" title="Totnes">Totnes</a>, Devon (c. 1770)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaks_Park,_Carshalton" class="mw-redirect" title="Oaks Park, Carshalton">The Oaks</a>, the ballroom, attributed, <a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a>, Surrey (c. 1770)</li> <li>The Bishop's Palace, <a href="/wiki/Ely,_Cambridgeshire" title="Ely, Cambridgeshire">Ely</a>, alterations (1771); little of the work survives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Althorp" title="Althorp">Althorp</a>, Northamptonshire, repairs to the roof (1772)</li> <li>Thorncroft, <a href="/wiki/Leatherhead" title="Leatherhead">Leatherhead</a>, Surrey (1772)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_House,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer House, London">Spencer House, London</a>, decoration of staircase ceiling (1772)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Clare_(Roehampton)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Clare (Roehampton)">Mount Clare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roehampton" title="Roehampton">Roehampton</a> (1772)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_Bridge" title="Maidenhead Bridge">Maidenhead Bridge</a>, Berkshire (1772–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ely_Place" title="Ely Place">Ely House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover_Street" title="Dover Street">Dover Street</a>, Mayfair, London (1772–1776); interior remodelled 1909</li> <li>Porter's Lodge, <a href="/wiki/Shenley,_Hertfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenley, Hertfordshire">Shenley, Hertfordshire</a> (1772); altered 1903</li> <li>Stone Buildings, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a>, London (1774–80)</li> <li>Six Clerk's and Enrolment Offices, <a href="/wiki/Chancery_Lane" title="Chancery Lane">Chancery Lane</a>, London for Lincoln's Inn (1775–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_Rooms,_Belfast" title="Assembly Rooms, Belfast">Assembly Rooms, Belfast</a>, Northern Ireland (1776); exterior altered 1845, interior altered 1895</li> <li>Spire of <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Wallingford" title="St Peter's Church, Wallingford">St Peter's Church, Wallingford</a> (1776–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heveningham_Hall" title="Heveningham Hall">Heveningham Hall</a> (1777 – c. 1780); interiors by <a href="/wiki/James_Wyatt" title="James Wyatt">James Wyatt</a> (c. 1780 – 1784)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorhambury_House" title="Gorhambury House">Gorhambury Manor</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a> (1777–90); altered 1816–17, 1826–28 and 1847</li> <li>Church <a href="/wiki/Long_Ditton" title="Long Ditton">Long Ditton</a>, Surrey (1778); demolished 1880</li> <li>Bishop's Palace, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, alterations including gothic porch, doors, windows and chimneypiece (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_House,_London" title="Admiralty House, London">Admiralty House, London</a> (1786–88); interiors by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pepys_Cockerell" title="Samuel Pepys Cockerell">Samuel Pepys Cockerell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Guildhall" title="Salisbury Guildhall">Salisbury Guildhall</a> (1788–95), executed after Taylor's death by his pupil <a href="/wiki/William_Pilkington_(architect)" title="William Pilkington (architect)">William Pilkington</a></li> <li>House in Whitehall Yard, London for his son (1788), built 1793</li> <li>15 Philpot Lane, London, date unknown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clumber_Park" title="Clumber Park">Clumber Park</a>, Nottinghamshire, a room with columned screens at either end, date unknown, demolished 1938</li></ul> <p>Further works, not listed in Binney's book as by Taylor: </p> <ul><li>alterations to <a href="/wiki/Heathfield_Park" title="Heathfield Park">Bayley Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heathfield,_East_Sussex" title="Heathfield, East Sussex">Heathfield</a>, East Sussex (1766)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham_Place_Park" title="Beckenham Place Park">Beckenham Place Park</a>, Kent (1773)</li> <li>Clermont Hall, Lodge, Norfolk (1769–1775)</li> <li>alterations to <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>, London SW1 (c. 1780)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery_of_architectural_work">Gallery of architectural work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Taylor_(architect)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery of architectural work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asgill_House_20954.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Asgill House, Richmond"><img alt="Asgill House, Richmond" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Asgill_House_20954.JPG/120px-Asgill_House_20954.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Asgill_House_20954.JPG/180px-Asgill_House_20954.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Asgill_House_20954.JPG/240px-Asgill_House_20954.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Asgill House, Richmond</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Danson_Mansion.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Danson House, Kent"><img alt="Danson House, Kent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Danson_Mansion.jpg/120px-Danson_Mansion.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Danson_Mansion.jpg/180px-Danson_Mansion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Danson_Mansion.jpg/240px-Danson_Mansion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Danson House, Kent</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Danson_Mansion1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Danson House, Kent"><img alt="Danson House, Kent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Danson_Mansion1.jpg/120px-Danson_Mansion1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Danson_Mansion1.jpg/180px-Danson_Mansion1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Danson_Mansion1.jpg/240px-Danson_Mansion1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Danson House, Kent</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Guildhall,_Salisbury.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Salisbury Guildhall"><img alt="Salisbury Guildhall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg/120px-The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg/180px-The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg/240px-The_Guildhall%2C_Salisbury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Salisbury Guildhall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barlaston_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Barlaston Hall, Staffordshire"><img alt="Barlaston Hall, Staffordshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Barlaston_Hall.jpg/120px-Barlaston_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Barlaston_Hall.jpg/180px-Barlaston_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Barlaston_Hall.jpg/240px-Barlaston_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2423" data-file-height="1847" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Barlaston Hall, Staffordshire</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gorhambury House"><img alt="Gorhambury House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg/120px-Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg/180px-Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg/240px-Gorhambury_house_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gorhambury House</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Thames,_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Swinford Bridge"><img alt="Swinford Bridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg/120px-River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg/180px-River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg/240px-River_Thames%2C_Swinford_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_119952.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Swinford Bridge</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dover_Street,_North_of_Piccadilly_(1772).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ely House, Dover Street, Westminster"><img alt="Ely House, Dover Street, Westminster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg/90px-Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg/135px-Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg/180px-Dover_Street%2C_North_of_Piccadilly_%281772%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ely House, Dover Street, Westminster</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bank of England, showing one of Taylor's wings, demolished"><img alt="Bank of England, showing one of Taylor's wings, demolished" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg/120px-Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg/180px-Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg/240px-Thomas_Malton_after_Sir_Robert_Taylor_PrincipalFront_ofBankofEngland1791.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="351" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bank of England, showing one of Taylor's wings, demolished</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reduced Annuity Office, Bank of England, demolished"><img alt="Reduced Annuity Office, Bank of England, demolished" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg/120px-Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg/180px-Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg/240px-Four_Pr._Cent_Reduc%E2%80%99d_Annuity_OfficeThomasMalton1791.jpg 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Reduced Annuity Office, Bank of England, demolished</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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