Abbotstone

Alresford, near Colchester

Essex

England

Circa Date: 1685

Status: Destroyed

Demolished circa 1760

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: 1st Duke of Bolton
Architect: William Talman

Date of Birth: 1650
Date of Death: 1719
Nationality: English
Notes: Rebuilt east front of Dyrham Park, 1689. Redesigned much of Chatsworth for the first Duke of Devonshire. Architect for Kimberley. Was Comptroller of the Royal Works for William III. Howard Colvin calls Talman "probably the leading Whig architect of the 1680s and 1690s." Talman was famously difficult to work with and was fired by many of his clients.

Date: Circa 1685
Designed: House for 1st Duke of Bolton
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Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 953
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, 17th century.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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