[37] Finished drawing for the principal front of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1822

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Reference number

SM 54/1/33

Purpose

[37] Finished drawing for the principal front of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1822

Aspect

Elevation of a five-bay church with a Doric portico and a double-door between the central intercolumniation. The end bay windows are arch-topped, latticed, and within relieving arches. The tower is similar to that for the left side of SM 54/1/34 but the lancet windows on the third tier are larger and latticed. The dome is toped with a pinecone finial. Behind the tower is a raised central roof Flyer: the tower conforms to all the details above, but the base has no roundel, the multi-faceted portion has thinner lancet windows and the Corinthian columns are blank. To the right of the tower is an alternative version of the multi-faceted portion with decorated segmental pediments, above is a circular balustrade and a short column surmounted by a pinecone finial, with a centring line added

Scale

bar scale of 2²/₁₀inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design for a Church proposed to be erected in the Parish of St. Marylebone. / Elevation of the West Front / No. 3. / No. 3 (flyer) one measurement given Flyer: / 2nd May. 1823 one measurement given

Signed and dated

1822
Lincolns Inn Fields. / 1822.
2 May 1823
2nd May. 1823. (on flyer)

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, Payne’s grey, stone, and yellow within a double ruled border, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (900 x 630)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

SMITH&ALLNUTT / 1818

Notes

This front elevation should be conceived of as a companion to the elevation for the side seen on SM 54/1/32.

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