Hamilton Palace, designed by Architect James Smith to embody a Palladianism Architectural style (a European architectural style), was completed in 1695, then demolished in 1921.
James Smith Palladianism Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (15081580). 1695 1921 
The former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it was built in 1695 and subsequently much enlarged. Widely acknowledged as having been one of the grandest houses in Britain, the palace was demolished in 1921, owing to the prohibitive cost of upkeep and the subsidence caused by the nearby mine at Bothwellhaugh. Built on the site of a 13th-century tower house, the south front of Hamilton Palace was erected in 1695 in the Palladian style, with a huge Corinthian pedimented frontispiece, by architect James Smith for William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, and his wife Anne, Duchess of Hamilton. Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (15081580). 
