Date of Birth: May 7, 1831
Date of Death: Nov 12, 1912
Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 1621
Date of Death: 1684
Nationality: English
Notes: May's first known work is the Stables at Cornbury Park, Oxon. Melton Constable Hall is considered to be a significant example of the Classical country house style of Sir Roger Pratt and Hugh May. May was controller of the works at Windsor Castle from 1673. May can safely be credited with the introduction of the "Wren House", a simple block house with a hipped roof -- a design that derives from Inigo Jones.

Date of Birth: 1723
Date of Death: 1807
Nationality: British
Nickname: Carr of York
Notes: Known as "Carr of York," most of his work was in the north of England, primarily in his native Yorkshire. Carr's only major work in the south was Basildon Park in Berkshire.

Date of Birth: 1797
Date of Death: 1877
Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 1830
Date of Death: 1880
Nationality: British
Notes: Third son of Sir Charles Barry; joined his father's practice and for whom he completed the Houses of Parliament, 1866-68. Professor of Architecture at King's College, London.

Date of Birth: 1781
Date of Death: 1860
Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 1682
Date of Death: 1754
Nationality: English
Notes: Ditchley Park is considered Gibbs's most important country house. The architect is most noted for his famous design for the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, a remarkably advanced design for its time, even when examined within the context of continental European design trends. John Wilton-Ely, writing in "The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600-1750": "In the history of ecclesiastical architecture, Gibbs's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields was to prove one of the most influential designs throughout the English-speaking world of Protestant worship."

Date of Birth: 1676
Date of Death: 1729
Nationality: Scottish
Notes: A descendent of the Campbells of Cawdor Castle, Colen Campbell was a Scottish lawyer and arguably the first proponent of Neo-Palladianism in Britain and the father of the Georgian style (he wrote "Vitruvius Britannicus" in 1715). He signed his name as Colinus Campbell in the visitor's book at the University of Padua in 1697 and is believed to have trained in and studied architecture under James Smith. William Benson and Colen Campbell are believed to have conceived a plan to pull down the former Houses of Parliament so that they could design a Palladian style building.