| Sezincote House | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neo-Mughal |
| Town or city | Sezincote, Gloucestershire |
| Country | England |
| Completed | 1805 |
| Client | Charles Cockerell |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Samuel Pepys Cockerell |
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| Sezincote | |
Sezincote House (pronounced seas in coat) is the centre of a country estate in the civil parish of Sezincote, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The house was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, built in 1805, and is a notable example of Neo-Mughal architecture, a 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century architecture from the Mughal Empire.[1]
Sezincote is dominated by its red sandstone colour, typical in Mughal architecture, but features a copper-covered dome instead of the typical white marble. The fenestration is composed of a sequence of extra-large windows with an arch-shape at the top. The arch, however, is not a simple or typical design, but instead a shell-like fan[2] that is evidence of the Mughal influence. The interior design is more typical European style.
The landscape was designed by Humphry Repton. It is essentially a renaissance-style garden with elements of Hindu style, as seen in the crescent bridge with columns.
- ^ "Sezincote Gloucestershire". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Sezincote Orangery". Retrieved 5 April 2012.