# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ADAM, Robert]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The present house was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon \(later 1st Baron Scarsdale\) in 1759. The house was designed by the Palladian architects James Paine \(1717-1789\) and Matthew Brettingham \(1699-1769\) and was loosely based on an original plan by Andrea Palladio for the never-built Villa Mocenigo. At the time a relatively unknown architect, Robert Adam was designing some garden temples to enhance the landscape of the park; Curzon was so impressed with Adam's designs, that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new mansion. The picture shows the south front. ## Related artworks - [Cupola of the stairwell]() - [Gateway]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Library]() - [Music Room]() - [Stairwell]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()