Claim: Hamilton Palace, designed by Architect James Smith to embody a Modern Architectural style, was completed in 1695 in South Lanarkshire, then demolished in 1921.
Evidence: 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. 
Palladianism