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[68] Design for the interiors of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, January 1825
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Reference number
SM 54/2/7
Purpose
[68] Design for the interiors of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, January 1825
Aspect
Two transverse sections of the interior of a church.
The section at the bottom shows the vaults, nave and side aisles looking towards the principal (western entrance). The nave adn gallery aisles are divided by a landing and doors are each end. In the aisles at nave level are free seats and box pews extending into the nave, at gallery level are descending sets of pews. Arches span across the aisles and the main gallery level. The nave has box pews and Free seats in the centre, and a colonadde of Doric columns support the organ gallery. Within the organ gallery is the organ and supports for the childrens' gallery. Above is a pitched roof and behind is the first tier of the tower with free-standing columns
Above, the section to the east end of the church is identical to that below, but there are no Free Seats, in front of the arcade of arches is a balustrade for the communion area, and behind is the altarpiece. Above are three arch-topped latticed windows in the rear wal. The roof above is pitched
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
7-No. 7. / Sections of a Design for a Church to be erected in the Eastern Division of the Parish of St. Marylebone. / Section looking towards the Organ Gallery. / Section looking towards the Communion Table, some measurements given
Signed and dated
- January 1825
Lincolns Inn Fields. / January. 1825.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, Payne’s grey, orange, pink, light red, stone, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (744 x 524)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1824
Level
Drawing
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