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A further allusion to Strawberry Hill at Lee Priory, Kent

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Lindfield P (2016) A further allusion to Strawberry Hill at Lee Priory, Kent. Burlington Magazine, CLVIII (1365), p. 979. http://www.burlington.org.uk/archive/back-issues/201612

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First paragraph: Since the publication of the article on Thomas Barrett and Lee Priory in this Magazine 1363 (December 2015, pp.836¨C42), further evidence concerning Lee Priory¡¯s relationship to Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill has emerged. This indicates that an additional playful reference to Strawberry Hill existed throughout Lee¡¯s Gothic centrepiece: the octagonal library and its antechamber. Polychrome bookcases with either open or enclosed upper shelves, as recorded in John Carter¡¯s pencil sketches of Lee Priory made in 1791, are found in both rooms and in the dog-leg connecting these quite different spaces, the antechamber being a half-cube and the Library a chapterhouse-like octagon

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Output Type: Letter

Journal
Burlington Magazine: Volume CLVIII, Issue 1365

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2016
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PublisherBurlington Magazine Publications
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ISSN0007-6287
eISSN2044-9925