[35] Design for the principal front and tower of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1822

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Reference number

SM 54/1/26

Purpose

[35] Design for the principal front and tower of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1822

Aspect

Plans and an elevation of a church. On the left is a plan showing the pendentive dome of a tower and with three openings on each side for windows. On the right-hand side (lower) is a plan of the tower’s architrave, with the positions of encircling columns. On the right-hand side (upper) is a plan for a dome with the positions of encircling columns. Centring lines are used. In the centre is an elevation of a five-bay church with a Doric portico and a door between the central intercolumniation. The end bays have large round-topped windows within relieving arches. On the roof is a tower consisting of: a base, a square tier with disengaged columns with their own entablatures and topped by Soane caps and pinecone finials, and a louvre window and clock face are within. Above is a short, square tier with a segmental pediment, followed by a cylindrical portion with a rusticated base and supported by Corinthian columns, This is surmounted by a small dome

Scale

bar scale of 2²/₁₀ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Sketch of a Design for a Church proposed to be erected in the Parish of St. Marylebone / Dome of / Pantheon measurements and calculation are given

Signed and dated

1822
1822.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, red pen, wash and wash of cerulean blue, pricked for transfer on wove paper (652 x 552)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Verso

Section, running through the tower, of the church shown on the recto, but with Ionic columns across the entrance, with some measurements given

Level

Drawing

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