The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art / Morphosis Architects
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Easton Neston, the 1702 masterpiece by Nicholas Hawksmoor, an ingeniously inventive architect who also had a hand in Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. From its stone lions marching along the roofline to its wildly attenuated windows, the ashlar building represents the domestic high point of the English Baroque, a flamboyant style that flowered briefly before Palladian stateliness became all the rage. Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called it “perhaps the finest house of its date” in the nation, adding that the edifice, commissioned by Sir William Fermor, first Baron Lempster, “combines grandeur with urbanity to a degree rare in England and perhaps only matched at Chatsworth” .
Easton Neston’s motto carved above its main entrance—is “Hora e Sempre”, archaic Italian for “Now and Always”.
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