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Luscombe Castle       Luscombe Castle is a home located in Dawlish, England. The land for the house was purchased in 1797 by Charles Hoare whom demolished the original home, and immediately began the planning of his new home. The architects for the building were John Nash and Humphrey Repton. The design for the home was based on Downtown Castle and Gothic Revival. It included Tudor-Gothic style windows, castellated parapets, turrets, pinnacles, and chimney stacks. What made the design different from standard Gothic Revival was the irregularities, such as the varying roof elevations, and the roofs not being flat, as well as the strategic view points that focused on the surrounding landscape, all of which was in the picturesque ideal. Nash had the intention of showing that classicism did not have to mean flat roofs and a symmetrical design.   The layout was comprised of an asymmetrical...

The Palace of Westminster is where the two houses of the Parliament of the United  Kingdom, House of Commons and the House of Lords meet. It is located in the city of Westminster in London, England. More specifically, it is located on the right bank of the River Thames. The palace was built in 1016 but had to be demolished in 1834 because of a fire. It was then rebuilt from 1840 to 1876. The architectural style of the Palace of Westminster is gothic revival. The architect of the palace is named Sir Charles Barry. Barry uses a style of architecture called the Perpendicular Gothic style. It was popular during the 15th century and then it came back in the 19th century during the gothic revival period. Although Barry was not a gothic architect, he had the help from Augustus Pugin. In the 11th century, Barry designed the Westminster Hall and managed to survive the fire in 1834. However, Pugin did not like the symmetrical aspects of the building. The Palace of Westminster has three...

Fonthill Abbey was a large Gothic Revival home built in the country. The abbey was designed for William Beckford, and piqued the curiosities of the public. Beckford tragically lost his wife during childbirth. After this he traveled Europe ending up in England even though he had been exiled due to the accusation of adultery [4]. He then purchased the Fonthill Estate and after enclosing the grounds in a six-mile long wall (high enough to prevent hunters from chasing foxes and hares on his property), he then decided to have the Gothic Cathedral constructed as his home.Since the estate was closed to visitors under the ownership of Beckford, when it was placed on the market, it received over 600 visitors per day. The Architect designed by James Wyatt who was known to miss client meetings, and not supervise construction, inevitably delaying construction (sometimes by years). Beckford seemed to have no issue with Wyatts absences as it gave him more control of the grand project.This did not ...