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Also known as Jacobean Revival

thumb|Anthony Salvin's [[Harlaxton Manor, 1837–1855, is an embodiment of Jacobethan architecture]] The Jacobethan ( ) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (1550–1625), with elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean. thumb|Highclere Castle, known from the [[Downton Abbey television series, is an example of Jacobethan style]]

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thumb|Anthony Salvin's [[Harlaxton Manor, 1837–1855, is an embodiment of Jacobethan architecture]] The Jacobethan ( ) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (1550–1625), with elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean. thumb|Highclere Castle, known from the [[Downton Abbey television series, is an example of Jacobethan style]]

John Betjeman coined the term "Jacobethan" in 1933, and described it as follows: The style in which the Gothic predominates may be called, inaccurately enough, Elizabethan, and the style in which the classical predominates over the Gothic, equally inaccurately, may be called Jacobean. To save the time of those who do not wish to distinguish between these periods of architectural uncertainty, I will henceforward use the term "Jacobethan".

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