John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon. His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture.Morris p.46 Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle. He was also known as a painter of miniatures.
See also Kenilworth Castle
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References Morris, R. K. (2010): Kenilworth Castle English Heritage
Further reading Shute, John (1563). The first and chief groundes of architecture used in all the auncient and famous monymentes & with a farther & more ample discouse uppon the same, than hitherto hath been set out by any other