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[38] Finished drawing for the exterior of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 15 March 1822
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Reference number
SM 54/3/3
Purpose
[38] Finished drawing for the exterior of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 15 March 1822
Aspect
Perspective of the front and side of a five-by-nine bay church. The four columned portico has flutedDoric columns. The windows on teh end and side bays are large arch-topped within relieving arches. The second and eighth bays ahve smaller windows articluated by a screen of fluted Doric columns. The roof line has stone caps aligned over the portico, and the base of the tower has recessed panels. The pairs of Corinthian columns support an individual architrave and on top a sarcophagus has been placed. Atop is a cylindrical tier with lancet windows surrounded by a colonnade of Corinthian columns. The dome is smooth and is surmounted by a pinecone finial . The five-bay attic roof shows a front bay with a Diocletian window
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Sketch for a Design for a Church to be erected in the Parish of St. Marylebone.
Signed and dated
- 15 March 1822
(Lincoln Inn Fields / 15th March. 1822)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown pen, sepia, within a double ruled border on wove paper (429 x 311)
Hand
Probably Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
Design for an arcade of five arches, with windows and seats above a balustrade. Above are five windows with recessed panels on each side and festoon decoration around the top (see SM 51/1/20, 23, 27, 28). Above is an arch with a dome
Level
Drawing
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