John Shute (architect)

John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon.[1][2] His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture,[3] was the first work in English on classical architecture.[4] Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle.[4] He was also known as a painter of miniatures.[5]

See also

• Kenilworth Castle

Notes

1. Hind, Arthur M. (1952). Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries - a Descriptive Catalogue with Introductions. Part 1 The Tudor Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 59.
2. Worth, R.N. (1895). A History of Devonshire with sketches of its leading wothies. London: Elliot Stock. p. 41.
3. Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections Retrieved 2010-12-16
4. Morris p.46
5. Williamson, George Charles (1911). "Miniature" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 526.

References

• Morris, R. K. (2010): Kenilworth Castle English Heritage ISBN 978-1-84802-075-7

Further reading

• Shute, John (1563). The first and chief groundes of architecture used in all the auncient and famous monymentes & with a farther & more ample discouse uppon the same, than hitherto hath been set out by any other