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Description: | The building shown stood for only 21 years. It was built in 1773 by Robert Adam for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, the Prime Minister. A plain house, with two bay windows, it was demolished in 1794, perhaps because it was endangered by the sea. It was succeeded by the present Highcliff Castle, somewhat farther from the cliff edge. This was built for Bute's grandson by William John Donthorne in the style of a sixteenth-century French chateau.
Robert Adam built two other properties for the 3rd Earl: Luton Hoo in 1763 and, with his brother, Landsdowne House, Berkeley Square, London between 1765 and 1767. Lord Bute retired from Parliament in September 1780 and spent the last six or seven years before his death in 1792 at his marine villa at Highcliff. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Highcliff building John Stuart William John Donthorne marine villa Lansdowne House Earl of Bute Luton Hoo house Highcliffe Castle Highcliffe Robert Adam | Temporal: | start=1775-01-01; end=1794-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | J Cary | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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