Zoom Workshop with David Cufley: Sir John Vanbrugh and his Castle at Greenwich.

Sir John Vanbrugh was a playwright and Architect. Among his building projects was Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace. He worked with Hawksmoor at Greenwich and built his house on Maze Hill, Vanbrugh Castle, in 1722 as well as three other houses at Vanbrugh Fields, Greenwich.

He was Surveyor of the works at Greenwich Hospital from 1716. He died 26 March 1726. His house Vanbrugh Castle still stands on Maze Hill, Greenwich.

This workshop is of the sources that tell of the people associated with him and the stories associated with Vanbrugh Fields, Greenwich.

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