John Shute (architect)

John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon.^[1]^[2] His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture.^[3]^[4] Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle.^[4] He was also known as a painter of miniatures.^[5]