[16] Design for the interiors of St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, February 1826

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  - London: Church of St John on Bethnal Green, London 1824-28 (66)
    - Designs for St John's, Bethnal Green, London, transverse 1825-26 [5]

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Reference number

SM 47/5/8

Purpose

[16] Design for the interiors of St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, February 1826

Aspect

Two transverse sections of the church from vault, nave and side aisles, gallery level, and to roof level, each looking towards one end of the church. The bottom section looks to the west with the altarpiece and rear windows at the end, and the top section to the east end of the church with the main door and organ above, and a pitched roof with the base of the tower adorned with caps with pinecone finials. Each section shows the arrangement of pews and free seats on both levels in the aisles, and in the nave

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 feet

Inscribed

Copy / Bethnal Green Chapel VII./25 / Section through the centre looking West. / The Contract refers to the Design with Vaults. / Ground Line. / See Sections at Large. / Ground Line. / Space for Organ / See Sections at Large. / See Sections at Large. / (signed) John Soane. / Robert Streather. / approved Jany. 1826 / Church Comiss. Seal / Section through the Centre, looking East. / This half of the Drawing shews the method of constructing / the Vaults.- for the Works connected with which separate tenders / are to be made. / Ground Line. / See Sections at Large. / 6” York Landings / Groined Arch. / Ground Line. / See Specification of Carpenters / Work / See Sections at Large. / See Sections at Large. / See Sections at Large.

Signed and dated

February 1826
Lincolns Inn Fields / February 1826.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, red pen, wash, coloured washes of brown, Cerulean blue, orange, red, sepia and yellow, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (737 x 525)

Hand

Possibly Bailey, George (1792--1860), draughtsman
Probably SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect

Watermark

SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1823

Level

Drawing

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