"Sham Gothic"

So I have become interested in the idea of "Sham Gothic" going along with the idea put forward in the first design meeting that "things are not what they seem".

Looking at:

Strawberry Hill (1748? Horace Walpole)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Hill,_London

Fonthill Abbey ( 1795, James Wyatt.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonthill_Abbey

Fonthill is of real interest in that "Beckford lived alone in his abbey and used only one of its bedrooms for his own use. His kitchens prepared food for 12 every day although he always dined alone and sent other meals away afterwards. Only once, in 1800 did he entertain guests when Admiral Horatio Nelson and Lady Hamilton visited the Abbey."

odd, in many ways, but it's a connection to ROCKY, and the world we are after.

GOTHIC Adjective
1. of a style of architecture used in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses
2. of a literary style featuring stories of gloom, horror, and the supernatural, popular in the late 18th century
3. of or in a heavy ornate script typeface
Noun
Gothic architecture or art [Greek Gothoi]

Goth·ic (gthk)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the Goths or their language.
b. Germanic; Teutonic.
2. Of or relating to the Middle Ages; medieval.
3.
a. Of or relating to an architectural style prevalent in western Europe from the 12th through the 15th century and characterized by pointed arches, rib vaulting, and a developing emphasis on verticality and the impression of height.
b. Of or relating to an architectural style derived from medieval Gothic.
4. Of or relating to painting, sculpture, or other art forms prevalent in northern Europe from the 12th through the 15th century.
5. often gothic Of or relating to a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
6. gothic Barbarous; crude.
n.
1. The extinct East Germanic language of the Goths.
2. Gothic art or architecture.
3. often gothic Printing
a. See black letter.
b. See sans serif.
4. A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.