[100] Design for pews at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, copied January 1826

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, designs for construction and interiors, 1820-34 (120)
    - Designs for pews for Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1826 (2)

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Reference number

SM 54/4/24

Purpose

[100] Design for pews at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, copied January 1826

Aspect

Plan showing eight rows of pews interrupted by masonry. Above is an elevation of seven box pews with a column between the second and third. The final pew is in section to show the seating and the book-shelf. To the right at the bottom is a section showing the capping for the pews, in the centre is a front view of a Free Seat with an open back. Above is a Free Seat shown from the side

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Copy. / No. 24/25 / To be returned, / Plan and Elevation of Part of the Pews on the Ground Floor / Stone Pilaster / Brick Pier / Stone Pilaster / 1 ¼” Deal framing 2 Panels in height bead flush both sides / Column / 1 ¼ Deal Seat / ¾ inch Bookboard (Wainscot) / 1 ½ inch Bracket / ¾ Inch Wainscot Book Board and Brackets / 2 In Deal / Wainscot / Capping / of Pews } / Full Size / 1 ½ Wainscot / 1 ½ Wainscot / 1 ½ Wainscot / Front Elevation of One of the Free Seats / in the Middle Aisle / Column / 2 inch Deal Pilaster / 1 ¼” deal framing bead and flush H&G flap /1 ½” Deal / Seat 1 ¼ Deal /1 ¼ Deal /1 ½ Wainscot / Elevation of End and measurements given

Signed and dated

January 1826
Lincolns Inn Fields / Jany 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, green, pink, sepia, stone and yellow on wove paper (749 x 541)

Hand

Probably Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
Soane Office Day Books record Burchell and others making copies of drawings for Marylebone Church throughout January 1826. The letter types such as the curled tail of D is consistent with Burchell’s hand

Watermark

SMITH&ALLNUTT / 1823

Level

Drawing

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