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[3] Design for St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 1825-6
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Reference number
SM 47/5/37
Purpose
[3] Design for St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 1825-6
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular church with round-stepped entrance and two back projections, placed within an insulated space. The church is bordered on the south side by a main road (Green Street), along the top by another main road running from north to south (Hackney Road), with a further road extending away westwards from the front of the church (Church Street), and to the north by the Green
Scale
bar scale of 8/10 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(in pencil) B / Foot Path / Green Street / Foot Path - / Green / North / Hackney Road / Salmon and Ball / Church St / Meadow and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1825-6
There are only three site plans, and only one dated example for 1825 (SM 47/5/38), but 1825-6 seems reasonable as this is when designs really started and the site plans can be seen as among the earliest in the design process
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of green, pink and yellow, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (557 x 374)
Hand
Probably Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
This drawing was possibly slightly larger before being slightly torn along theright side
Level
Drawing
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk