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[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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