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Robert Adam
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam’s early interior design work primarily involved the completion or redecoration of existing houses. His first important interiors, which still reflected a near-Palladian style, were created at Hatchlands (1758–1761) in Surrey and Shardeloes (1759–1761) in Buckinghamshire.
By 1761, as his mature style developed, he received commissions for several notable houses, including:
- Harewood House, Yorkshire
- Croome Court, Worcestershire
- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
- Bowood House, Wiltshire
- Osterley Park, Middlesex
In 1762, Adam was also employed to redesign the interior of Syon House, where he created one of the most significant Neoclassical entrance halls in England. Other houses from this early phase of his career include Lansdowne House in London, Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, Newby Hall in Yorkshire, and Kenwood House in London.