A selection of projects from
The Early Modern Period
The Early Modern Period
London Bridge
London Bridge in the early 17th Century. Looking North West from the south bank of the River Thames.
St Pauls Cathedral can be seen in the centre background in its original form before the Great Fire of London of 1666.
Tilbury Fort
Constructed around 1537 to defend London against warships potentially sailing upstream into London. This was a fractious period in English history following the English Reformation.
(English Heritage)
Gowrie House
Built in the mid 16th Century in the city of Perth, Scotland.
Famous for the ‘Gowrie Conspiracy’ in which the Earl of Gowrie plotted to kidnap and murder king James VI.
Demolished in 1807. (Perth Museum)
High Mill
A water driven corn mill at Alston in Cumbria. Built in 1767 by renowned engineer John Smeaton. (North Pennines AONB)
Eddystone Lighthouse
The first of four Lighthouses that have stood off the South coast of England on the Eddystone Rocks.
It was destroyed in a storm only 5 years after construction in 1703 and was the first ever recorded offshore lighthouse.
Perth Citadel
The Perth Citadel built by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 and demolished 10 years later following the restoration of the King. (Perth Museum)
