Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
John Wood
Standard Name: Wood, John,, the elder
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1729
John Wood
began building Queen Square, Bath: an early stage in his creation of the Georgian city.
1733
Ralph Allen
began building his Palladian mansion, Prior Park, on a hill above Bath, designed by John Wood
. He had a practical as well as an aesthetic end: to prove the quality of...
1735
The architect John Wood the elder
completed Queen Square in Bath, one of the earliest of the city's urban Palladian landmarks.
1754
The architect John Wood the elder
began work on The Circus in Bath; he died only three months later, and it was completed by his son, John Wood the younger
.