John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in
Cullompton
Cullompton () is a town and civil parish in the district of Mid Devon and the county of Devon, England. It is north-east of Exeter and lies on the River Culm. In 2011 the parish as a whole had a population of 8,499 while the built-up area of ...
,
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
. His book, ''The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture'', was the first work in English on classical architecture.
[Morris p.46] Shute's patron was
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady J ...
, for whom he built a residential wing at
Dudley Castle.
He was also known as a painter of
miniatures.
See also
*
Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England managed by English Heritage; much of it is still in ruins. The castle was founded during the Norman conquest of England; with development through to the Tudor pe ...
Notes
References
*Morris, R. K. (2010): ''Kenilworth Castle'' English Heritage
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''
Year of birth missing
1563 deaths
Architects from Devon
16th-century English painters
English male painters
16th-century English architects
People from Cullompton
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