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and was employed at Audley End House as assistant to the Clerk of Works. In 1676, he embarked on a detailed set of architectural engravings of Audley End House, which took him ten years to complete and is a vital early record of
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The lighthouse suffered some weather damage during the winter of 1698 - 1699, and the light was often obscured by spray breaking over the top of the tower. Winstanley, therefore, had it rebuilt the following spring on a larger scale, with extra stonework and even more elaborate decoration. Both
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Continental architecture and the engravings in which it was portrayed. On his return, he is believed to have studied engraving with
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