Neo-Classical

Commentary

In comparison to Woolaton and Longleat for instance the Queen’s House would have seemed very close to the Palladian ideal to Jones' contempories

• •Tripartite with projecting center with façades expressing building internal divisions
• •The classical orders and the symmetry
• •The loggia, recessed porticos porticos and balustrade
• •The rusticated basement
• •The curved stairway

But there are important differences. As others have noted there is an emphasis on the horizontal and not the vertical . Also Jones could have contemplated a pediment that would had a drawn the eye to the center of the building. He avoided this but the rusticated lower floor and the recessed portico does draw you eye up to the first floor. (Is this where the main reception rooms were? ) However, Palladio was not necessarily a slave to what he had designed in the past and displays considerable variation. So there wasn’t just a single Palladian template to draw upon. In fact I see more features in common with the H plan design by Sangallo than many of Palladio's villas, with it's first floor recessed portico albeit with a pediment

The prominence of windows. I also believe Britain’s less sunny climate influenced this and maybe Jones took this in to consideration. A more slavishly followed Palladian villa was designed by Colen Campbell at Mereworth Castle which has fewer windows, square and prominent pedimented portico. I think this looks more severe and somehow less in tune with its enviroment