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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 ...
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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.


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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 ...


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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 {{England-painter-stub