[77] Design for the vaults at Holy Trinity Church Marylebone, London, 15 October 1825

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Reference number

SM 54/4/34

Purpose

[77] Design for the vaults at Holy Trinity Church Marylebone, London, 15 October 1825

Aspect

Sections of the vaults of a church. The section at the bottom of the page has steps along the bottom and is divided into two-and-a-half bays, with the bay on the left-hand side being wider than the others. In between the bays are plans for the piers. The section above has steps along the front and is divided into five bays, the first being a narrow arched topped doorway, and bays two to five having oval openings with inverted arches. Red pen is used for centring lines

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 5 feet

Inscribed

Section through the Vaults on the line. A.B. / (to be returned) / 4” Yorkshire Landings / 4 Yorkshire Landings / Inverted Arch.. / Plan of the Pier. / Plan of the Pier. / Level of Footpath. / 3’ York Capstones. / Eliptical Arch. / Centre. / Portland / Stone. / 2.3 / Brickwork / Section on the Line C.D / Centre. / 4 inch Yorkshire Landings. / 1’. 1 ½” Inverted Arch. / Inverted Arch / Springing of Groins / 3” York Cap Stones. / Eliptical Groin / Portland Plinth. / average Bed 9” / Staircase. / 10. 0 / Level of the Floor of the Church / Sections through the Vaults. / New Church. Eastern Division of the Parish of St. Marylebone..

Signed and dated

15 October 1825
Lincolns Inn Fields. / 15^th. October 1825.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, red pen, coloured washes of brown and pink, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (711 x 512)

Hand

Probably Bailey, George (1792--1860), draughtsman
Soane Office Day Book for 15 October 1825 only has Bailey as working on drawings for Marylebone Church, and letter types such as S and the t-bar crossing the adjacent h conform to Bailey’s hand

Verso

Pencil-drawn plan of an unknown house

Watermark

SMITH&ALLNUTT / 1823

Literature

John, 2003, p. 61 fig. 58, p. 63

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