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    Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738) was an English master-builder and architect, much involved in the construction of country houses in the Midland counties...
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  • George Warwick Smith (1916–1999), Australian public servant John Warwick Smith (1749–1831), British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator Francis Smith...
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  • Francis Smith may refer to: Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), member of parliament (MP) for Truro and Stafford Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621...
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    Earl of Warwick is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the United Kingdom. The title has been created four times in English history...
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  • born in Warwick to the headmaster of Warwick Grammar School. Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), master-builder and architect, was born in Warwick. John...
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    for William Hanbury, Esq (1704-1768), a famous antiquarian, by Francis Smith of Warwick, to a James Gibbs design; the hall is still today surrounded by...
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    built in the first quarter of the 18th century. The client was Sir John Chester, the main architect was Francis Smith of Warwick and the architectural style...
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    with only the 14th-century tower of the former church being kept. The design is attributed to Francis Smith of Warwick. The church is located on Church...
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    Francis Smith of Warwick. Documents have revealed that Mackworth may have encountered a dispute with Prince and dismissed him and hired Francis Smith...
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    other British artists such as Francis Towne, Thomas Hearne and William Pars. He came to be known as "Warwick" or "Italian" Smith. In his subsequent works,...
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    recovered following the English Restoration of 1660. In 1730 Sir Edward Blount commissioned Francis Smith of Warwick to design a new mansion house for the estate...
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    Swynnerton (category Borough of Stafford)
    Hall, built in 1725 by Francis Smith of Warwick, which still dominates the Swynnerton skyline today. The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady adjoins the hall...
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    1729 to an impressive Georgian style design by architect Francis Smith of Warwick, consisting of three storeys and a nine-bayed frontage. Following Catholic...
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    Shrewsbury's death in 1718. The building contractors were William and Francis Smith of Warwick. The stone used is a Middle Jurassic freestone, apparently Chipping...
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    Meols Hall (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton)
    included the three-storeyed red brick east front built in the style of Francis Smith of Warwick, and used stonework from Lathom House, rescued as it was about...
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    believed to have been designed by Francis Smith of Warwick, supervisor of its rebuild by the Woodward brothers of Chipping Campden in 1729. Alcester...
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    needed] Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), the architect, was son of Francis Smith of The Wergs near Tettenhall. (He became identified with Warwick through...
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    in style to contemporary houses in the area designed by Francis Smith of Warwick, but because of peculiar proportioning, it is thought that it is actually...
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    1720 to work for Francis Smith of Warwick on the construction of St Peter at Arches Church, Lincoln. In 1736 he built the town house of the Disney family...
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    Radcliffe Camera (category Libraries of the University of Oxford)
    along with Francis Smith of Warwick and William Townesend of Oxford 'to prepare Stones and things ready for building the library'. An early set of plans were...
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    1727–1729 by William Lacon Childe, who commissioned architect Francis Smith of Warwick to create the present Palladian style mansion. The brick-built...
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    Locko Park (category History of Derbyshire)
    of parliament, Robert Ferne, has three storeys and nine bays and a substantial Tuscan porch. The architect is believed to have been Francis Smith of Warwick...
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    was built to designs by architect Francis Smith of Warwick. The result was an impressive baroque West Wing, built of silver-coloured stone, which was fashionable...
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  • d'architecture is founded by Louis XIV of France in Paris, the world's first school of architecture. 1672 – Francis Smith of Warwick, English architect (died 1738)...
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    Francis Smith of Warwick, who constructed an entirely new nave, but this work has also mostly gone. In 1743 a new spire rising to a height of 60 metres...
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  • Duchess of Marlborough do mention Morris on the site, but implying that he was acting on Pembroke's behalf, and the architect-builder Francis Smith of Warwick...
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    William Lacon Childe (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
    Kinlet Hall between 1727 and 1729, commissioning the architect Francis Smith of Warwick to create the present Palladian style mansion. He did not stand...
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    William Smith, the son of Francis Smith. His design for a gatehouse, built "according to his Honour's Draught" was built by Smith of Warwick but dismantled...
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    listed at Grade II status. The house was built by the architect Francis Smith of Warwick for Henry Davenport. It is in red brick with buff sandstone dressings...
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    18th century, having first worked for Francis Smith of Warwick. He is mentioned as working as a carpenter for Smith at Ditchley in Oxfordshire in 1727....
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