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expense in exchange for the grant of a long lease of the premises from the
Williams charity. The room known as the Bastards' Study or the Mezzanine Room was ornately decorated, unlike the rest of the house, and served as a showroom for their skills in plasterwork, woodwork and interior decoration. The pediment of the
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on top of the tower. Outside of London, it is one of the few
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William generally worked together and are known as the "Bastard brothers". They were builders, furniture makers, ecclesiastical carvers and experts at plasterwork, but are most notable for their rebuilding work at Blandford Forum following a large fire of 1731, and for work in the
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The Town Hall, designed to provide a central feature to a row of houses, is typical of the work of the
Bastard brothers, from which they were to make their fortune. They became entrepreneurs and local politicians. Other works by the Bastards in the town include the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul,
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William occupied a house in Blandford Forum that belonged to the Trustees of the William Williams charity. The Bastards had extensive workshops and premises at the rear of this building. After the fire they rebuilt the house at their own
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in Dorset. The inscription has weathered away. Inside the nave, on the north wall of the north aisle is a monument to
Elizabeth Bastard (nÊe Prankerd), wife of Benjamin Bastard, 1732â3, and their son Benjamin. This is a marble wall monument with side-scrolls, pediment, urn and cherub's head.
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Blandford fire, which swept away the heart of a town that had evolved in a haphazard way from the medieval period, presented an opportunity for more regular redevelopment in the classical styles. However, with the exception of a widening the original market square, the fashionable
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while the pediment of the door opposite is
Baroque, this occurrence, coupled with the squat appearance of the composition, would not have occurred in the work of a major architect of the time, but was the Bastard's way of showcasing their versatility.
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and architect, the founder of a family firm of provincial architects in the area. However little remains today of the works of the brothers' ancestors, chiefly as the result of the 1731 fire and a previous fire in the town in 1713.
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built between 1733 and 1739; the market place around the town hall, designed in the classical style but not uniform; the
Greyhound Inn (1734â35; now a bank), which was their own property; a terrace of
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in grateful Acknowledgement of the Divine Mercy, that has raised this Town, like a phoenix from its ashes, to its present beautiful and flourishing State
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style popular at the time, this is not truly the case. The ground floor is an open arcade of three segmented arches more typical of
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Dutch and English market halls. The upper floor however, is in the highest Palladian tradition, as exemplified by
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