John Shute (architect)

John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon.^[1][2] His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture.^[3][4] Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle.^[4] He was also known as a painter of miniatures.^[5]

See also

• Kenilworth Castle

Notes

1. Hind, Arthur M. (1952). Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries – a Descriptive Catalogue with Introductions. Part 1 The Tudor Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 59.
2. Worth, R. N. (1895). A History of Devonshire with sketches of its leading wothies. London: Elliot Stock. p. 41.
3. Wilson, Cathy (5 January 2015). "John Shute's 'The first and chief groundes of architecture', 1563". RIBA Architecture. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
4. Morris p.46
5. Williamson, George Charles (1911). "Miniature" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 526.

References

• Morris, R. K. (2010): Kenilworth Castle English Heritage ISBN 978-1-84802-075-7

Further reading

• Shute, John (1563). The first and chief groundes of architecture used in all the auncient and famous monymentes & with a farther & more ample discouse uppon the same, than hitherto hath been set out by any other