[98] Design for the interior of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, copied January 1826

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Reference number

SM 54/4/13

Purpose

[98] Design for the interior of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, copied January 1826

Aspect

Transverse section of a five-bay church. The vaults are along the bottom with arched entrances. The nave has an aisle on the left with a door and an iron post supporting a curved staircase. The nave has a panelled door in the centre and recesses either side. The aisle on the right has a panelled double door and an iron post supporting a curved staircase. The gallery aisle on the left has a further entrance with the curved staircase running in front. The gallery above the nave has an arched entrance in the centre flanked by two flights of steps, the one on the right lwith handrails leads to a panelled doubledoor. The aisle on the right has a panelled double door with a curved staircase with handrails and balusters running across the front. Above the gallery is the base of the tower with a shuttered louvre in the centre

Scale

scale of 2 inches to 5 feet (based on 10 feet height of the central doorway)

Inscribed

(To be returned) / 6” Rubbed York Landings / 3” Rubbed York Paving / 6” Rubbed York Landings / Bath Stone / 6” Portland / Portland / Steps solid to rise / 5 ¾ when set_ to tail 4” / on wall._ rebated / Landing / Landing to Tail 9” in wall in one stone / 6” York / Arch inside 1. 11 ½ bed / 1’ 1” / by / 9” / Landing 4’ . 9”/ Plate 4 ½ by 2 ½ / 1 ½ Oak Floor / York / Bath Stone / Bath Stone / Childrens Gallery / 6” York / Raking Bearer / Plaster / Corbel / Plaster / Portland / 6” York Landing / Bath Stone / Portland / Sill / Bath Stone / Portland Stone / No.. 13.” / 25 / (Copy) Section through Steeple, and Staircases West / York Corbel / York Corbel / York and some measurements and calculations given

Signed and dated

January 1826
Lincolns Inn Fields. / Jan^r. 1826.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, red pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, Payne’s grey, blue, orange, pink and yellow pricked for transfer, on wove paper (747 x 542)

Hand

Probably Richardson, Charles James (1806--1871), draughtsman
Soane Office Day Book records Richardson, Mocatta, Burchell and Davis working on copies of drawings for Marylebone Church throughout January 1826.The letter types here conform to those of Richardson

Watermark

SMITH&ALLNUTT / 1823

Level

Drawing

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