Day five of the great Vanbrugh Tour.

The fact that so much of Blenheim is still under scaffolding compels one to pay close attention to the detailing: the abstract qualities of the stonework and whether the detailing is by Vanbrugh or Hawksmoor.

Much of it feels very characteristic of Vanbrugh who had such a strong sense of simplified geometry – Brobdingnagian, as Laurence Whistler would have said:-

I don’t think I have previously see the south façade of the kitchen wing – not surprisingly, much simpler in design than the main block:-

There’s so much to admire:-