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==List of architectural work<ref>pages 196β256, Sir William Chambers Knight of the Polar Star, John Harris, 1970, A. Zwemmer Ltd</ref>== ===London work=== *[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]], Kew, Surrey, various structures: House of Confucius (1749) demolished; Frederick, Prince of Wales, Mausoleum (unexecuted); Gallery of Antiquities (1757) demolished; Orangery (1757β61); Temple of Pan (1758) demolished; Temple of Arethusa (1758) demolished; Alhambra (1758) demolished; Garden Seat (1758) demolished; Porter's Lodge (1758) demolished; Stables (1758) demolished; Temple of Victory (1759) demolished; Ruined Arch (1759); Theatre of Augusta (1760) demolished; Temple of Bellona (1760); Menagerie (1760) demolished; Exotic Garden (1760) demolished; Mosque (1761) demolished; Temple of the Sun (1761) demolished 1916 after damage in a storm; [[Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens|Great Pagoda]] (1761β62); Temple of Peace (1763) demolished; Temple of Aeolus (1763); Temple of Solitude (1763) demolished; Palladian Bridge (1763) demolished; Dairy (1773) demolished; and alterations to [[Kew Palace]] β demolished *Leicester House, [[Leicester Square]], alterations (1757) β demolished *[[Carlton House]], alterations, (1757β61), new porters lodge and remodelled entrance passage (c. 1761), later virtually rebuilt (1783β6) by [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]] β demolished *Richmond House, Whitehall, gallery, greenhouse, gate to [[Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall|Privy Garden]] (1759β60) β demolished *[[Parkstead House]] (formerly Manresa House and Bessborough House), [[Roehampton]] (1760) *47 [[Leicester Square]], Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]]'s house, new painting room and gallery (c. 1760-2) β demolished *[[Pembroke House]], Whitehall, internal decoration (1760) riding house (1773) β demolished *[[Buckingham Palace]] (then Queen's House), addition of north & south wings, west and east libraries, the Octagon Library, interior decorations and riding house (1762β68) β none of this work survives *Grantham House, Whitehall, alterations (1760s) β demolished *25 [[Grosvenor Square]], internal alterations (1762) β demolished *[[Richmond Palace]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], various designs (1762, 1764, 1769, 1775) β none executed *45 [[Berkeley Square]], internal decoration (1763β7) *13β22, 44β58 [[Berners Street]] (1764β70) *Gower House, [[Whitehall]], Chamber's largest town house (1765β74) β demolished *German Lutheran Chapel, [[Savoy Palace]], (1766) β demolished *20 Grosvenor Square, internal alterations (1767) β demolished *[[Kew Observatory]], [[Old Deer Park]], for George III (1768) *6 [[Cheyne Walk]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (c. 1768) *[[St James's Palace]], internal decorations (late 1760s) *21 Arlington Street, [[Westminster]] (1769) *Milton House, [[Park Lane (road)|Park Lane]], entrance gate and screen (1769β71) β demolished *Bedford House, [[Bloomsbury]], London, alterations and internal decorations (c. 1769 β c. 1772) β demolished *79 [[Piccadilly]], alterations including addition of attic storey (1770β71) β demolished *Errington House (later Warwick House), Cleveland Row (1770β71) β demolished *House [[Knightsbridge]] (1770β72) β demolished *[[Wick House, Richmond Hill]] (1771β72) *3 [[St. James's Square]], internal alterations (1771) β demolished *[[Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath|The Earl and Countess of Mountrath's tomb]], St John's Chapel, [[Westminster Abbey]] (1771) *[[Albany (London)|Melbourne House]] Piccadilly, (1771β76) converted to the Albany by [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]] (1803β4) *[[Marlborough House]], addition of attic and internal alterations including new chimney-piece in the state drawing room (1771β74) *14 Cecil Street, interior work (c. 1772) *62 [[Curzon Street]] (1773) *15 George Street, internal alterations and Doric porch (1774) *51 Grosvenor Street, alterations (1774β5) *[[Somerset House]], Chambers' [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]] (1776β96), the building was unfinished at Chambers' death and continued in (1829β31) under [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]] who added the east wing ===England outside London=== *[[Goodwood House]], Sussex, South wing of house & stables (1757β60) *[[Wilton House]], [[Wiltshire]], Triumphal arch, Casina, Rock Bridge, Library, tennis court (1757β74) *[[Duntish|Duntish Court]], [[Dorset]], new house (c. 1760β64) *Poston Court, [[Herefordshire]], casino (1760) *[[Newby Park]], (now Baldersby Park), Yorkshire, alterations to the house, pheasantry and menagerie (c. 1760) *[[Peper Harow]] House, [[Surrey]] (1760β65) *[[Osterley Park]], [[Middlesex]], north front and gallery (1761); the rest of the house by [[Robert Adam]] *Beechwood, [[Hertfordshire]], dining room (1761) *The Hyde, near [[Ingatestone]], [[Essex]], hall and staircase (1761) *The Hoo, Hertfordshire, alterations and interior decoration, bridge, temple, gateway, stables, boathouse and gate piers (c. 1762) *Temple of Romulus and Remus, Coleby Hall, [[Coleby, North Kesteven]], [[Lincolnshire]] (1762) *[[Styche Hall]], [[Shropshire]], new house and stables (1762β66) *[[Walcot Hall]], Shropshire, remodelling (1764β7) *Teddington Grove, Middlesex, new house, greenhouse and temple (c. 1765) *[[Whitton Park|Whitton Place]], Middlesex, Mausoleum, redecoration of house, Roman Bathhouse, greenhouse, Temple of Aesculapius (1765β90) *Completion of [[John Vardy]]'s house for Andrew Drummond (Vardy had died), [[Stanmore]], Middlesex (1765β70) *[[Houghton House]], [[Houghton Conquest]], [[Bedfordshire]], restoration and alterations (1765); now a ruin *Kirkleatham Hall, [[Kirkleatham]], Yorkshire, now the local museum and gallery (c. 1765) *[[Woodstock Town Hall]], [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]] (1766) *[[Blenheim Palace]], [[Oxfordshire]], Internal decorations, furniture, gateway to kitchen garden, Blagdon Bridge, Temple of Diana, Temple of Flora, Flower Garden, erection of [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini|Bernini]] Obelisk (1766β1775) *Monument to [[Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford]], [[St Michael's, Chenies]], Buckinghamshire (1766) *[[Wrest Park]], Bedfordshire, Chinese Pavilion attributed (c. 1766) *Ansley Hall, [[Ansley, Warwickshire]] Chinese temple (1767)<ref>{{cite book |date=1996 |last=Woods |first=May |title=Visions of Arcadia: European gardens from Renaissance to Rococo |publisher=Aurum |location=London, UK |page=180 |isbn=1854104292}}</ref> *Barton Hall, [[Norfolk]], Library (1767) *[[Terling Place]], Essex, work of unknown nature (1767β8) *[[Woburn Abbey]], Bedfordshire, south wing including eating room and library; and Basin Bridge (1767β72) *[[Cobham Hall]], [[Kent]], new rooms in south wing including the library, raising of attic (c. 1767β70) *[[Southill Park|Southill House]], [[Southill, Bedfordshire]], alterations (c. 1768); the house was later rebuilt by Henry Holland *[[Ampthill Park]], [[Ampthill]], Bedfordshire, addition of wings and redecoration of the interiors (1768β72) *[[Milton Abbey School|Milton Abbey]], [[Dorset]], new house, porter's lodge and west front of abbey church, uniquely for Chambers all in [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] style *New House, [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]] (c. 1769) *[[Danson House]], Kent, internal alterations including new chimney-pieces, the Temple and 'Palladio Bridge' (late 1760sβ1770) *[[Tottenham House]], [[Wiltshire]], work of unknown nature (1770β76) *[[Milton Hall]], [[Cambridgeshire]], alterations and interior decoration and garden temples (1770β76) *Trinity House Chapel, [[Kingston upon Hull]], Yorkshire (1772) *[[Amesbury Abbey (house)|Amesbury Hall]], Amesbury, Wiltshire, Chinese temple (1772) and ornamental bridge (1775) *Theatre Royal, [[Liverpool]] (1772); demolished *[[Milton Abbas]], estate village for Milton Abbey (1773) *[[Newburgh Priory]], [[Coxwold]], Yorkshire, alterations (1774) *[[Hedsor House]], [[Buckinghamshire]] (1778) ===Ireland=== *[[Abbeyleix House]], managing the construction of the house which had earlier been designed by [[James Wyatt]] *[[Casino at Marino]], [[Marino, Dublin]] (1758β76). Garden pavilion for 1st Earl of Charlemont. Open to the public.<ref>{{cite book |last=De Breffny |first=Brian |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia |url= |location=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson |page=60 |isbn=}}</ref> * [[Marino House]], [[Dublin]]. (1758β75) Alterations and additions to existing country house for 1st Earl of Charlemont. Demolished. * Marino House, Dublin. Dragon gates. Relocated from original position. *[[Castletown House]], (1760) [[County Kildare]], internal alterations of long gallery and other rooms and gate piers for Thomas Connolly *[[Slane Castle]], [[County Meath]], work of unknown nature (1760s) *[[Charlemont House]], [[Parnell Square|Rutland Square]], Dublin (1762β75) for 1st Earl of Charlemont. City house. Adapted for use as [[Hugh Lane Gallery]]. Porch added by others. Rear section demolished. * Headford, [[County Meath]], (1765) Unexecuted design for country house with 13 bay garden front * Town Hall, Main Street, [[Strabane]], [[County Tyrone]]. Design for steeple. *[[Leinster House]], Dublin, redecoration of first floor apartments on garden front (1767) * Hunting lodge, [[Roxborough Castle]], [[Moy, County Tyrone]]. (1768). Two unexecuted designs for Lord Charlemont. * City Hall, Parliament Street, Dublin, (1768β1769). Unsuccessful competition entry. *[[Rathfarnham Castle]], [[County Dublin]], refaced 16th-century castle, provided with Georgian windows, straight roof parapets with urns and Georgian interiors (1770β71) for Henry, 4th. Viscount Loftus, Later 1st. Earl of Ely. *[[Lucan House]], [[Lucan, Dublin|Lucan]], County Dublin, (1773β75) for Agmondisham Vesey. Now Italian Embassy. *[[Trinity College, Dublin]], East range. (1775). Not built. *Trinity College, Dublin, College Exam Hall. (1775) In use as exam hall and theatre.<ref>De Breffny, pg. 61</ref> *Trinity College, Dublin, Collegiate chapel (c. 1775β1797). In use as chapel.<ref>De Breffny, pg. 61</ref> ===Scotland=== *[[Dunmore Pineapple]], [[Falkirk]], attributed (1761) *[[Duddingston House]], [[Duddingston]], house, stables and temple (1763β68) *26 [[St Andrew Square, Edinburgh]] (1769) *[[Dundas House]], (now [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]]), [[St Andrew Square, Edinburgh]] (1771β74) ===Sweden=== *[[RΓ₯da sΓ€teri]], manor house in [[HΓ€rryda Municipality|HΓ€rryda]] just outside of [[Gothenburg]], (1770β72) *[[Partille herrgΓ₯rd]], manor house in [[Partille Municipality|Partille]] just outside of Gothenburg, (1772β73) *[[SvartsjΓΆ Palace]], concept for remodeling of the royal gardens, (1773β74).
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