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Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (Nicholas Hawksmoor, Henry Joynes)
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- 1705
Main Year - 1706-1725
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Contents of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (Nicholas Hawksmoor, Henry Joynes)
- Finished design for an obelisk incorporating a clock and belfry, in honour of the Duke of Marlborough in October 1704, for an unknown site, although probably intended later for the grounds of Blenheim Palace
- Preliminary design for plan of the palace, now bound in a volume of warrants and accounts for Blenheim Palace.
- Preliminary design for Blenheim Palace at main floor level, nearly as executed, but before the addition of service courtyards and linking colonnades on the east and west sides of the north front.
- Preliminary design for the plan of Blenheim Palace at basement level, before the addition of service courtyards on the east and west sides of the north front