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==List of works== ===Domestic work=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Kensington Palace]], fresco on grand staircase *[[Wanstead House]] (designed by [[Colen Campbell]]), interior decoration (1721β24) *[[Burlington House]], London, interior decoration (c.1727) *[[Chiswick House]], London, interiors and furniture (c.1726β29) *[[Houghton Hall]], interiors and furniture (c.1726β31) & stables (c.1733-5) *[[Ditchley]], Oxfordshire (designed by [[James Gibbs]]), interiors (c.1726) *[[Sherborne House, Gloucestershire]], furniture designs (1728) *[[Stowe House]], interiors and garden buildings (c.1730 to 1748) *[[Alexander Pope]]'s Villa, designs for garden buildings (c.1730) demolished *Richmond Gardens, garden buildings 1730β35, demolished *[[Stanwick Park]] (ascribed), remodelled and interiors (c.1730β40) *[[Raynham Hall]], interiors and furniture (c.1731) *Kew House (1731β35), demolished 1802 *[[Esher Place]], the wings (c.1733), demolished *[[Shotover|Shotover House]], Obelisk, Octagonal & Gothic temples (1733) *[[Holkham Hall]], with [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington|Earl of Burlington]] & [[Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)|Earl of Leicester]] executed by [[Matthew Brettingham]] (1734β1765) *[[Devonshire House]] including furniture (1734β35), demolished 1924β5 *[[Easton Neston house|Easton Neston]], designed fireplaces (1735) *[[Aske Hall]] (ascribed), Gothic temple (1735) *[[Claremont (country house)|Claremont Garden]], garden buildings (1738), only the domed temple on the island in the lake survives *[[Rousham House]], addition of wings and landscaping of the gardens & garden buildings (1738β41) *[[Badminton House]], remodelling of the north front, interiors (c.1746β1748)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1320832 |desc=Badminton House |access-date=11 July 2021 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *Worcester Lodge at Badminton House, including interior plasterwork (1746)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1153252 |desc=Worcester Lodge to Badminton Park, with flanking quadrant walls and terminal pavilions |access-date=11 July 2021 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *22 Arlington Street, London (1741β50), completed after Kent's death by Stephen Wright *[[Annabel's|44 Berkeley Square]], London (1742β44) *16 St. James Place, London early (1740s) demolished 1899β1900 *[[Oatlands Palace]], garden building (c.1745), demolished *[[Euston Hall]], Suffolk (1746) *Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire (c.1748β50) {{div col end}} <gallery> File:Temple of Venus, Stowe Landscape Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 837211.jpg|Temple of Venus, Stowe File:Temple_of_British_Worthies.jpg|Temple of British Worthies, Stowe File:The Temple of Ancient Virtue, Stowe - geograph.org.uk - 835439.jpg|The Temple of Ancient Virtue, Stowe File:Holkham Hall 20080717-01.jpg|Holkham Hall, North Front File:Holkham Hall 20080717-03.jpg|Holkham Hall, Marble Hall File:Obelisk, Holkham Hall - geograph.org.uk - 206887.jpg|Obelisk, Holkham Hall File:Triumphal Arch, Holkham Park geograph.org.uk-2530541.jpg| Triumphal Arch, Holkham Hall File:Badminton House.jpg|Badminton House File:Worcester Lodge, Badminton (geograph 2489135).jpg|Worcester Lodge, Badminton House File:View of Gallery at Chiswick House.JPG|Chiswick House, The Gallery File:The coffered ceiling in the Domed Hall.jpg|Dome of saloon, Chiswick House File:View of Upper Tribune from Portico.JPG|Saloon, Chiswick House File:Bedchamber closet.jpg|Bedroom, Chiswick House File:Chiswick Table.JPG|Chiswick House table File:The ceiling of the Blue Velvet Room depicting 'Architecture' with her helpers.jpg|Chiswick House, ceiling of Blue Velvet Room File:Chiswick House 103 cedars.JPG|Chiswick House gardens File:Chiswick House 343.JPG|Chiswick House gardens File:The Cascade, Chiswick House - geograph.org.uk - 8982.jpg|Chiswick House gardens File:Rousham House 4.jpg|Rousham Cascade File:Rousham Eyecatcher - geograph.org.uk - 77685.jpg|Eyecatcher, Rousham File:Rousham Gardens, approaching Praeneste - geograph.org.uk - 1180737.jpg|'Praeneste', Rousham File:Houghton Hall Stableyard.jpg|Houghton Hall stableyard File:Temple at Shotover House - geograph.org.uk - 192060.jpg|Temple, Shotover House File:The Temple, Euston Park - geograph.org.uk - 219780.jpg|Temple, Euston Park File:Devonshire House from Vitruvius Britannicus edited.JPG|Devonshire House, London </gallery> ===Public buildings and royal commissions=== *[[Chiesa di San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi]], painted ceiling (c.1717) *[[York Minster]], marble pavement (1731β35) *[[Royal Mews]] (1731β33), demolished 1830 *Royal State Barge (1732) *[[Hampton Court Palace]], gateway in Clock Court & rooms for the Duke of Cumberland (1732) *[[Kensington Palace]], interiors, including Cupola Room and several murals and painted ceilings (1733β35) *former Treasury building [[Whitehall]] (1733β37) *[[St James's Palace]], the library (1736β37), demolished *[[Westminster Hall]], Gothic screen enclosing law courts (1738β39), demolished c.1825 *York Minster, Gothic pulpit and choir furniture (1741), removed *[[Gloucester Cathedral]], Gothic choir-screen (1741), removed 1820 *[[Horse Guards (building)|Horse Guards]] (1750β59) <gallery> File:Rome William Kent Sint-Juliaan.jpg|Painted Ceiling Chiesa di San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi Rome, ''The Apotheosis of St Julian'' 1717 File:Royal Stables in the Mews, Charing Cross. Etching by Cook, 1793.jpg|Royal Mews File:Horse Guards Parade and building in London (cropped).jpg|Horse Guards File:Horse Guards 1750.jpg|Plan, Horse Guards File:Parade at Horseguards.jpg|Horse Guards Parade, Kent's Treasury is the stone building just beyond the Horse Guards building File:Cabinet Office and the back of Downing Street - geograph.org.uk - 379877.jpg|Former Treasury Building, on left File:Hampton Court, Clock Court.jpg|Gateway (on right), Clock Court, Hampton Court Palace File:Kensington Palace Cupola Room.jpg|Kensington Palace Cupola Room File:Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. SUTHERLAND, Thomas (b. 1785) after Richard CATTERMOLE (1795-1858).jpg|Kensington Palace Cupola Room File:Pyne PresenceChamber KensingtonPalace edited.jpg|painted ceiling, Presence Chamber, Kensington Palace File:PyneGreatStaircase KensingtonPalace edited.jpg|mural & ceiling, Great Staircase, Kensington Palace File:Microcosm of London Plate 094 - Westminster Hall edited.jpg|Westminster Hall, with Kent's screen in place File:York York minster choir area 004.JPG|Choir York Minster, showing Kent's black & white marble floor </gallery> ===Church memorials=== *[[Chester Cathedral]], to John and Thomas Wainwright *[[Henry VII Lady Chapel]], to [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle]] (1730) *York Minster, to Thomas Watson Wentworth (1731) *[[Westminster Abbey]] to Sir [[Isaac Newton]], sculpted by [[John Michael Rysbrack]] (1731) *[[Kirkthorpe]] church, to Thomas and Catherine Stringer (1731β32) *[[Blenheim Palace]] Chapel, to [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack (1733) *Westminster Abbey, to [[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope]] (1733) *Westminster Abbey, to [[William Shakespeare]], sculpted by [[Peter Scheemakers]] (1740) *[[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]], to [[Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon]] (1746) <gallery> File:Blenheim Palace IMG 3675.JPG|Chapel, Blenheim Palace, Marlborough tomb on right File:Tumba de Isaac Newton - panoramio (cropped).jpg|Sir Isaac Newton's memorial, Westminster Abbey File:Memorials to Shakespeare and others in Westminster Abbey.jpg|Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, with the Shakespeare memorial </gallery>
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