Georgian style
"The prevailing style of the 18th century. In Great Britain and the North American colonies, so named after George I, George II, and George III (1714-1820, but commonly not including George IV. Derived from classical, Renaissance, and Baroque forms."

"The prevailing style of the 18th century. In Great Britain and the North American colonies, so named after George I, George II, and George III (1714-1820, but commonly not including George IV. Derived from classical, Renaissance, and Baroque forms."
- Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture, Ed. by Cyril M. Harris. Dover Pub. 1977

Palladian Neoclassical style
"Drayton Hall is the nation's finest and earliest example of fully executed  Palladian architecture and its double portico is acclaimed as the first in the world."

  English County Style
"Construction of Drayton Hall began in 1738 and continued into 1774. The vision of twenty-three-year-old John Drayton (1715-1779), a wealthy plantation manager, Drayton Hall, was not to be a traditional working plantation.  Rather, the house and its 350-acre grounds formed the owner's county estate, emulating English estates of the period."

"Construction of Drayton Hall began in 1738 and continued into 1774. The vision of twenty-three-year-old John Drayton (1715-1779), a wealthy plantation manager, Drayton Hall, was not to be a traditional working plantation.  Rather, the house and its 350-acre grounds formed the owner's county estate, emulating English estates of the period."

"The structure of the house  follows many of the rules of architecture found in [the second book of] Andrea Palladio's 1570 treatise, Four Boooks of Architecture."
 - Antiques & Fine Arts (online November 2024)