Foots Cray Place
Country house in London, England
About
Foots Cray Place was one of the four country houses built in England in the 18th century to a design inspired by Palladio's Villa Capra near Vicenza. Built in 1754 near Sidcup, Kent, Foots Cray Place was demolished in 1950 after a fire in 1949. Of the three other houses in England, Nuthall Temple in Nottinghamshire was built in 1757 and demolished in 1929; the other two survive: Mereworth Castle (completed in 1725, also in Kent) and Chiswick House (completed in 1729, in London), both now Grade I listed buildings. A modern fifth example, Henbury Hall, was built near Macclesfield in the 1980s. Another example of a similar structure in England is the Temple of the Four Winds at Castle Howard, which is a garden building not a house.
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Sidcup
Area of south east London, England
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1.2 mi away
Hundred of Ruxley
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Foots Cray
Area of south east London, England
0.8 mi away
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