Editing Benjamin Henry Latrobe (section)

===Houses===
[[File:Pope Villa (Lexington, Kentucky) - DSC09308.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The [[Pope Villa]]]]

When Latrobe began private practice in England, his first projects were alterations to existing houses, designing [[Hammerwood Park]], and designing [[Ashdown House, East Sussex]]. Alterations completed early in his career may have included Tanton Hall, Sheffield Park, Frimley, and Teston Hall, although these homes have since been altered and it is difficult now to isolate Latrobe's work in the current designs.<ref name="Hamlin 1955 42"/> His designs were simpler than was typical at the time, and had influences of Robert Adam.<ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=43}}</ref> Features in his designs often included as part of the front [[portico]]s, Greek [[ionic order|ionic]] columns, as used in Ashdown House,<ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=44}}</ref> or [[doric order|doric]] columns, seen in Hammerwood Park.<ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=45}}</ref>

The book, ''The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe'', lists buildings he designed in England, including [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]] [[Alderbury]] House (late 1800s) in Wiltshire. This structure had previously been misattributed to [[James Wyatt]]. It has been described as "one of Wiltshire's most elegant Georgian country houses".<ref>{{cite book |last=Fazio |first=Michael W. |date=19 June 2006 |title=The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9N9xjk8tbPcC&q=Benjamin+Latrobe+alderbury+house+james+wyatt&pg=PA713 |location= |publisher= JHU Press|page=713 |isbn=0801881048 |author-link= }}</ref><ref>[https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/eight-of-the-biggest-country-house-sales-in-britain-in-2020-221245 Eight of the biggest country house sales in Britain in 2020]</ref>

Latrobe continued to design houses after he immigrated to the United States, mostly using Greek Revival designs. Four houses still stand that Latrobe designed: the [[Decatur House]] in Washington, D.C.; [[Adena Mansion|Adena]] in Chillicothe, Ohio; the [[Pope Villa]] in Lexington, Kentucky; and the [[Sedgeley#Porter House|Sedgeley Porter's house]] in Philadelphia. As one of Latrobe's most avant-garde designs, the Pope Villa has national significance for its unique design. He also introduced [[Gothic Revival architecture]] to the United States with the design of [[Sedgeley]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Woods|2004|p=122}}</ref> The mansion was built in 1799 and demolished in 1857; however, the stone Porter's house at Sedgeley remains as his only extant building in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairmountpark.org/Sedgeley.asp |title=Sedgeley (Porter's House) |website=fairmountpark.org |publisher=Fairmount Park |access-date=2009-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006093932/http://www.fairmountpark.org/Sedgeley.asp |archive-date=2008-10-06 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> A theme seen in many of Latrobe's designs is plans with squarish-dimensions and a central, multi-story hall with a [[cupola]] to provide lighting, which was contrary to the popular trend of the time of building houses with long narrow plans.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=103}}</ref>