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which were the figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity ; the for- 

 mer spreading her hand over the water, as in the act of bene- 

 diction, and the two latter supporting the vase, which resem- 

 bled a baptismal font : the whole was executed in gold, and 

 was the present of a noble duke to his son on the birth of his 

 first child. 



*^ Mr. Brown's fame as an architect seems to have been 

 eclipsed by his celebrity as a landscape gardener, he being the 

 only professor of the one art, while he had many jealous com- 

 petitors in the other. But when I consider the number of 

 excellent works in architecture designed and executed by him, 

 it becomes an act of justice to his memory to record that, if 

 he was superior to all in what related to his own peculiar pro- 

 fession, he was inferior to none in what related to the comfort, 

 convenience, taste, and propriety of design in the several man- 

 sions and other buildings which he planned. Having occasion- 

 ally visited and admired many of them, I was induced to make 

 some inquiries concerning his works as an architect, and, with 

 the permission of Mr. Holland, to whom, at his decease, he 

 left his drawings, I insert the following list : 



For the Earl of Coventry. Croome, house, offices, lodges, church, 



etc., 1 75 1. 

 Earl of Donegal. Fisherwick, house, offices, and bridge. 

 Earl of Exeter. Burleigh, addition to the house, new offices, etc. 

 Ralph Allen, Esq., near Bath, additional building, 1765. 

 Lord Viscount Palmerston. Broadland, considerable additions. ■ 

 Lord Craven. Benham, a new house. 



Robert Drummond, Esq. Cadlands, a new house, offices, etc. 

 Earl of Bute. Christ Church, a bathing-place. 

 Paul Methuen, Esq. Corsham, the picture-gallery, etc. 

 Marquis of Stafford. Trentham Hall, considerable alterations. 

 Earl of Newbury. House, offices, etc., 1762. 

 Rowland Holt, Esq. Redgrave, large new house, 1765. 

 Lord Willoughby de Broke. Compton, a new chapel. 

 Marquis of Bute. Cardiff Castle, large additions. 

 Earl Harcourt. Nuneham, alterations, and new offices. 

 Lord Clive. Clermont, a large new house. 



