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Flitcroft, Henry (1697–1769)  Stourhead, in Wiltshire, laid out between 1741 and 1765, was one of the first English gardens to favour the natural, landscaped forms that came to epitomize the 18th century English style. Its architect, Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769), surrounded an artificial lake with a series of neoclassical temples in picturesque settings, alluding to the buildings of ancient Rome. | English architect, born at Hampton Court. He was apprenticed as a joiner, but turned to architecture under the patronage of Richard Boyle, with whom he designed Burlington House, Piccadilly. His works included St Giles-in-the-Fields (1731–33), 10 St James's Square (1734), both in London, and Woburn Abbey (about 1747). |
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