List of works by John Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones.
- Castle Howard, c. 1699[1] (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson only completed in early 19th century).
 - The architect's own house in Whitehall, 1700–1701, known as "Goose-Pie House", demolished 1898.[2]
 - The Orangery, Kensington Palace, 1704: probably a modification by Vanbrugh to a design by Hawksmoor.[3]
 - Haymarket Theatre, 1704–05,[4] has been completely rebuilt since and is now known as His Majesty's.[5]
 - Blenheim Palace, 1705–1722,[6] stable court never completed.
 - Grand Bridge, Blenheim, 1708–1722.[7]
 - Kimbolton Castle, 1708–1719,[8] remodelled the building.
 - Demolished part of Audley End and designed new Grand Staircase, 1708.[9]
 - Claremont House, 1708,[10] then known as Chargate (rebuilt to the designs of Henry Holland in the 18th century).
 - Kings Weston House, 1710–1714.[11]
 - Grimsthorpe Castle, 1715–1730, only the north side of the courtyard was rebuilt.[12]
 - Eastbury Park, 1713–1738, completed by Roger Morris who amended Vanbrugh's design (demolished except for Kitchen Wing).[13]
 - Cholmondeley Castle 1713 Vanbrugh prepared a design to rebuild the house, but it is believed not to have been executed[14]
 - The Obelisk, Castle Howard 1714[15]
 - Morpeth Town Hall, 1714. (Front renewed and back replaced in 1869–70.)[16]
 - The Belvedere, Claremont Landscape Garden, 1715.[17]
 - Vanbrugh Castle, 1718–19, the architect's own house in Greenwich.[18] Additionally, houses for other members of Vanbrugh's family (none of which survived beyond 1910).[19]
 - Stowe, Buckinghamshire, c.1719, added north portico, also several temples and follies in the gardens (the surviving follies are: the Wolfe Obelisk (c.1720), relocated 1759; the Rotunda (1720–21) dome altered; the Lake Pavilions (c.1719) altered[20]) up until his death.[21]
 - The Temple,[22] Eastbury Park (early 1720s) demolished
 - Robin Hood's Well,[23] Yorkshire C.1720
 - The Dairies (east house), c.1720[24]
 - Seaton Delaval Hall, 1720–1728.[25]
 - Lumley Castle, 1722, remodelling work.[26]
 - Pyramid Gate, Castle Howard 1723[27]
 - Walled Kitchen Garden,[28] Claremont (c.1723)
 - Newcastle Pew, St George's Church, Esher, 1724.[29]
 - The Bagnio (water pavilion),[30] Eastbury Park (1725) demolished
 - Temple of the Four Winds, Castle Howard, 1725–1728.[31]
 
Attributed works include:
- Completion of State rooms, Hampton Court Palace, 1716–1718.[32]
 - Ordnance Board Building, Woolwich, 1716–1720.[33]
 - Chatham Dockyard Great Store House 1717, now demolished, Vanburgh or Hawksmoor were possibly involved in the design[34]
 - Berwick Barracks, 1717–1721.[note 1]
 - The Brewhouse,[35] Kings Weston House (c.1718)
 - Chatham Dockyard Main gate 1720, is possibly by Vanburgh or Hawksmoor[34]
 - Loggia, Kings Weston House (c.1722)[36]
 
Gallery of architectural work
Vanbrugh's architectural work
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Castle Howard, north front - 
			
Castle Howard, north front - 
			
Castle Howard, south front - 
			
Castle Howard, south front - 
			
Great Hall, Castle Howard - 
			
Antique Passage, Castle Howard - 
			
Great Obelisk, Castle Howard - 
			
The Temple of Four Winds, Castle Howard - 
			
Pyramid Gate, Castle Howard - 
			
Blenheim Palace, north front - 
			
North portico, Blenheim Palace - 
			
Blenheim Palace, from the south-west - 
			Blenheim Palace, view north along the chapel colonnade
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			Entrance to Kitchen court, Blenheim Palace
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			Kitchen court, Blenheim Palace
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South front, Blenheim Palace - 
			
North front, Blenheim Palace - 
			
East front, Blenheim Palace - 
			
Plan of Blenheim Palace, the colonnade enclosing the courtyard was never built - 
			
Great Hall, Blenheim Palace - 
			
Saloon, Blenheim Palace - 
			
Grand Bridge, Blenheim Palace - 
			
Kimbolton Castle - 
			
Seaton Delaval Hall, north front - 
			
Seaton Delaval Hall, north front - 
			
East wing, Seaton Delaval Hall - 
			
Seaton Delaval Hall, from the south-west - 
			
Seaton Delaval Hall, from the south-east - 
			
Great Hall, Seaton Delaval Hall - 
			
Stables, Seaton Delaval Hall - 
			
Belvedere, Claremont - 
			
South front, Kings Weston House - 
			
East front, Kings Weston House - 
			
Loggia, Kings Weston House (attributed to Vanbrugh) - 
			
The Brewhouse, Kings Weston House (attributed to Vanbrugh) - 
			
Grimsthorpe Castle, from the north - 
			
Grimsthorpe Castle, detail of the north front - 
			
Eastbury House, Doset, the surviving kitchen wing - 
			
Lumley Castle - 
			
Vanburgh Castle, Greenwich - 
			
North portico, Stowe House - 
			
Western Lake Pavilion, Stowe - 
			
Wolfe Obelisk, Stowe - 
			
Rotunda, Stowe - 
			
Morpeth Town Hall, Northumberland - 
			
Robin Hood's Well, Yorkshire - 
			
Ordnance Board Building, Woolwich Arsenal, London (attributed to Vanbrugh) - 
			Chatham Dockyard gateway (possibly by Vanbrugh)
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Newcastle Pew, St. George's Church Esher 
Notes and references
- ^ "The Castle Howard Story: The Building of Castle Howard". Castle Howard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
 - ^ Beard, p. 70.
 - ^ The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert, rev. ed. (London: Macmillan London, 1993; ISBN 0-333-57688-8), pp. 311, 438.
 - ^ Beard, p. 71
 - ^ "Her Majesty's (London)". Theatre's Trust. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
 - ^ "Blenheim Palace". World Heritage Sites. UNESCO. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
 - ^ Sherwood and Pevsner, p. 473.
 - ^ Saumarez Smith, The Building of Castle Howard, p.96.
 - ^ John Julius Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England (London: Macmillan London, 1985; ISBN 0-333-22037-4), p. 208.
 - ^ Geoffrey Tyack and Steven Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England (London: Black, 1994; ISBN 0-393-31057-4), p.468.
 - ^ Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 27.
 - ^ Tyack and Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England, pp. 315–16.
 - ^ Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 182.
 - ^ page 141, The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh, Geoffrey Beard, 1986, Batsford Books, ISBN 0-7134-4679-X
 - ^ page 132, The Building of Castle Howard, Charles Saumarez Smith, 1990, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-14238-9
 - ^ John Grundy et al., Northumberland (London: Penguin, 1992; ISBN 0-14-071059-0), pp. 73, 397.
 - ^ Tyack and Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England, pp. 468–69.
 - ^ Beard, p. 56.
 - ^ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 2 South (London: Penguin, 1983; ISBN 0-14-071047-7), p. 273.
 - ^ pages 13, 24 & , Stowe Landscape Gardens, 1997, Jonathan Marsden et al, National Trust 1997
 - ^ Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 69.
 - ^ page 117, Vanburgh, Kerry Downes, 1977 A. Zwemmer Ltd, ISBN 0-302-02769-6
 - ^ page 46 ,Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press
 - ^ Historic England. "The Dairies (east house) (1296531)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
 - ^ Grundy et al., Northumberland, pp. 73, 561–63.
 - ^ Beard p. 66
 - ^ page 134, The Building of Castle Howard, Charles Saumarez Smith, 1990, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-14238-9
 - ^ page 235 ,Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press
 - ^ Norwich, The Architecture of Southern England, p. 618.
 - ^ page 27, The Country Houses of Sir John Vanbrugh: From the Archives of Country Life, Jeremy Musson, 2008, Aurum
 - ^ Saumarez Smith, The Building of Castle Howard, pp. 144–46.
 - ^ Cherry and Pevsner, London 2 South, p. 494.
 - ^ The attribution is described as plausible in Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 2 South, p. 287.
 - ^ a b page 164, The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh, Geoffrey Beard, 1986, Batsford Books, ISBN 0-7134-4679-X
 - ^ pages 153-154, English Homes, Period IV - vol.II, The work of Sir John Vanbrugh and his School 1699-1736, H. Avery Tipping and Christopher Hussey, 1928, Country Life
 - ^ page 177,Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone, Vaughan Hart, 2008, Yale University Press
 
- ^ Described as a misattribution in Grundy et al., Northumberland, pp. 74, 178–79. Grundy et al. attribute the design to Hawksmoor, saying that this was probably modified in execution by Andrews Jelfe.