Information Board, Bute Town
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Information Board, Bute Town
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 13 Oct 2010
A model village created in the early 1800s by the Marquis of Bute for workers in his ironworks. The designs of the forty seven cottages were based on those of the renaissance architect 'Palladio' who had developed his ideas from the ancient ruins of Rome. The village was intended to be much larger and be deemed a separate town but the development was never completed due to a slump in 1830. (Extracted from the information board.)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.773372
Longitude
-3.300148