[58] Design for the side of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, November 1824

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Reference number

SM 54/2/13

Purpose

[58] Design for the side of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, November 1824

Aspect

Plan of the side of the church showing nine bays and the arrangement of the engaged columns and pilasters. The plan is aligned with an elevation above The elevation shows the entrance on the left-hand side with an Ionic column in profile, which is supporting the entablature above. Along the side are nine bays, with the first and ninth bays having arched windows within relieving arches. The second to eighth bays have transomed windows: round headed above and square at the bottom with panels beneath. These are aligned with half submerged squared windows at the vault level. The windows are articulated by Ionic pilasters on the second and eighth bays and engaged Ionic columns on the third to seventh bays. The columns support a fascia and cornice running above the second to eighth bays. At roof level is a balustrade punctuated by sets of turned balusters. On the left-hand side is the rectangular portion of a tower which has caps at the bottom corners, and has a shuttered louvre at the bottom, a roundel above and a panel above that. The architrave is supported by Corinthian pilasters, and there are pinecone caps on the top of the architrave at each corner. Above is the cylindrical portion of the tower, with a lancet window, and the architrave is supported by engaged Corinthian columns. Above is a dome with antefixes attached around its base, and surmounted by the bottom portion of a finial. To the right-hand side of the tower is a pitched roof running to just beyond the eighth bay. Pencil is used for centring Plan of the side of the church showing nine bays and the arrangement of the engaged columns and pilasters. The plan is aligned with an elevation above The elevation shows the (south) side of a nine-bay church . On the left there is the front porch with an Ionic column in profile.There are square-topped windows at vault level. The first and eighth bays above have large arch-topped windows, whilst the second to seventh bays have square-topped bottom windows and arch-topped windows above. They are framed by giant Ionic pilasters with a stone cornice. Above is a stone balustrade. The roof is long and flat. The tower is identical to that seen in SM 54/2/11, 12

Scale

bar scale of 1 inches to 5 feet

Inscribed

Design for a Church proposed to be erected in the Eastern Division of the Parish of St. Marylebone - and some measurements given

Signed and dated

November 1824
Nov^r. 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, olive green, Payne’s grey, red, sepia, stone and yellow, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (729 x 519)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Level

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