Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Preface Tory Mobs and Ignorat Priests
Introduction ' A good-natured fellow ' : Vanbrugh's Character and Works for the Crown
I 'By Achievement, arms, device' : Dramatis, Herald and Architect
1 'Without thought or Lecture' : The Early influences of Vanbrugh
2 'The Historicall Argument' : The Order of the Garter and Vanbrugh's 'Castle Air'
3 'Agreable Objects' : Vanbrugh on Architecture, Landscape and Mood
4 ' The Reverend look of a Temple ' : Decorum and Vanbrugh's London Church Proposals
II 'Building House here T'oblige the Peers' : Luxurious Palaces and Sham Castles
5 'Wonder enough in the Story' : Castle Howard and Blenheim
6 'Something of the Castle' : Characters in Stone at Kimbolton and Seaton Delaval
7 ' Pleas'd to Storm my Castle " : Englishmen's Homes and Castles at Kings Weston, Estbury, Grimsthorpe and Stowe
8 ' A Sort of Child of my owne' : Autobiography in Stone at 'Goose-Pie' House, Greenwich and Chargate
Conclusion ' Starv'd London Rogues' : Country Estates and National Decay
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Notes
Bibliography
Photograph Credits
Index