Robert Stickells

[3] In 1597 Stickells made some memoranda and sketches referring to the contrast between ideas of Vitruvius and Gothic architecture, antique and the modern.

[5] James VI and I began building a new Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in 1607, probably designed by Robert Stickells.

[8] William Portington was the carpenter, and Peter Street made a special augur to hollow out the columns.

[9] King James visited the construction site in September 1607 and, according to John Chamberlain, was displeased with the placing of pillars which obscured the windows.

[10] Chamberlain's letter ambiguously refers to a "Lord Architect", and architectural historians conclude that Stickells or another draughtsman George Weale were responsible for the design.

Walls and a gate built by Stickells appear in the background of the portrait of Anne of Denmark and her African servant at Oatlands