Palladianism Applied to Town Planning
After Boyle (Burlington) and his followers, three minor architects continued in the Neo-Palladian line, all studying the published designs of their predecessors: John Vardy (d. 1765), Sir Robert Taylor (1714-88) and James Paine (1716-89). Taylor and Paine dominated architectural design in the 1760s.
Far more influential were John Woods the Elder (1704-54) and his son John Woods the Younger (d. 1782), who applied the principles of Palladianism to town planning through their conception of rows of town houses treated as palatial or monumental unities. Their popular style was adopted by architects throughout England. The Circus and the Crescent shown below both received great attention from contemporaries. Mat Bramble in Smollett's Humphrey Clinker wonders what strange geometrical shapes are coming next.
The Circus, Bath (begun 1754)
The Crescent, Bath (1767-75)