Interesting question. I've not read much into it, but one reason I can think of is England being staunchely Protestant. Baroque was associated with Catholicism, with elaborateness, extravagance and debauchery. The regions most famous for their baroque architecure are/were all Catholic: Italy, France, Bavaria, Austria...
The English found baroque architecture and everything surrounding it rather distasteful and gaudy. The few examples of English baroque are accordingly much more restrained and austere and closer to neoclassicism.
The English found baroque architecture and everything surrounding it rather distasteful and gaudy. The few examples of English baroque are accordingly much more restrained and austere and closer to neoclassicism.
