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305: 49: 246: 519: 288:, first governor-general of British India, nearby. Here the style is characterized by a striking revival of Islamic architecture in northern India, where Persian, Indian and various provincial styles were fused to produce works of great refinement. Favoured materials included white marble and red sandstone. A notable example is the 185:. The fenestration is composed of a sequence of extra-large windows with an arch-shape at the top. The arch, however, is not a simple or typical design, but instead a shell-like fan that is evidence of the Mughal influence. The interior design is more typical European style. 347:
The house is made of stone, taken from a nearby quarry and may have been artificially stained. Traditional Mughal construction materials would include red sandstone and white marble. Sezincote uses copper, however, on the dome. It is a
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was also apprenticed. In spite of his tenure as Surveyor to the East India Company, Cockerell never travelled to
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Samuel Pepys Cockerell had worked as a surveyor for the EIC and as an apprentice to
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Sezincote entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
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The architecture of the estate can be described as a British re-interpretation in
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Cockerell had already experimented cautiously with Indian elements at
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Centre of a country estate in Sezincote, Gloucestershire, England
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Sezincote is dominated by its red sandstone colour, typical in
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The house was designed by 7: 608:Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture 292:, completed in 1648 by the Emperor 493:National Heritage List for England 25: 583:Country houses in Gloucestershire 462:. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company. 323:of classic Mughal forms. Emperor 517: 47: 97: 613:1805 establishments in England 188:The landscape was designed by 1: 364:: Thomas Daniell (1749–1840) 200:The house is in countryside 386:"Sezincote Gloucestershire" 335: 329: 282:Daylesford, Gloucestershire 634: 588:Gardens in Gloucestershire 29: 214:miles (2.4 km) from 134: 55: 46: 603:Houses completed in 1805 458:Tharoor, Shashi (2016). 350:Grade I listed building 168:Neo-Mughal architecture 154:in the civil parish of 115:Design and construction 316: 269:; his encounters with 254: 240:Samuel Pepys Cockerell 164:Samuel Pepys Cockerell 124:Samuel Pepys Cockerell 32:Sezincote (settlement) 321:Georgian architecture 307: 248: 236:Sir Charles Cockerell 150:) is the centre of a 526:at Wikimedia Commons 412:"Sezincote Orangery" 555: /  271:Mughal architecture 196:Site and commission 179:Mughal architecture 158:, in the county of 65:Architectural style 60:General information 559:51.9775°N 1.7512°W 460:An Era of Darkness 317: 255: 232:East India Company 618:Cotswold District 522:Media related to 469:978-93-84067-88-5 259:Sir Robert Taylor 141: 140: 110:Charles Cockerell 16:(Redirected from 625: 570: 569: 567: 566: 565: 564:51.9775; -1.7512 560: 556: 553: 552: 551: 548: 521: 505: 504: 502: 500: 484:Historic England 480: 474: 473: 455: 449: 448: 446: 444: 434: 423: 422: 420: 418: 408: 402: 401: 399: 397: 388:. 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Sezincote
Sezincote (settlement)

Neo-Mughal
Sezincote
Gloucestershire
England
Samuel Pepys Cockerell
Sezincote
country estate
Sezincote
Gloucestershire
Samuel Pepys Cockerell
Neo-Mughal architecture
Mughal Empire
Mughal architecture
white marble
Humphry Repton
Moreton-in-Marsh
Cotswolds
John Cockerell
Bengal
East India Company
Sir Charles Cockerell
Samuel Pepys Cockerell

orangery
Sir Robert Taylor
John Nash
India

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