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Hunstrete, Somerset
First screened 17 February 2008

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Time Trial

Watched the programme, browsed the web pages? Now try our quick quiz to see how much you know about the development of Georgian country houses and their architecture.

Question 1 of 6
Inigo Jones (1573-1652), whose best-known works include the Banqueting House at Whitehall and the Covent Garden piazza, was Britain's first 'name' architect and is credited with bringing Renaissance architecture to the country. What was his job before making his name as an architect?




Question 2 of 6
It was more than a century after Inigo Jones's death before a full-scale classical revival came to dominate Georgian architecture. What was the most popular style employed by 18th-century country house builders prior to this?




Question 3 of 6
What, in the context of a grand house, is a 'piano nobile'?






Question 4 of 6
'Let the room to be vaulted be 12 feet long and six broad; add six to 12 and it will make 18, the half of which is nine; the vault ought therefor to be nine feet.' Whose 'arithmetic mean' was one of three types of proportion that came to dominate the Georgian classical revival? (The other two were the geometric mean and the harmonic mean.)




Question 5 of 6
Which member of the House of Lords and Privy Council was known as the 'architect earl' and played a major role in the promotion of Palladian architecture (and the arts in general) in 18th-century Britain?




Question 6 of 6
Which of the following is a characteristic innovation of Georgian architecture?




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