Luscombe Castle, (Dawlish, England), 1797, Gothic Revival
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...