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[22] Design for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 8 October 1825
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Reference number
SM 47/5/56
Purpose
[22] Design for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 8 October 1825
Aspect
Plan of the vaults of the church of five by nine bays with projecting wings and rear staircase. Hatched crossed-lines denote the groined arches of the vaults around the sides, and a grid-pattern of vaults is in the middle. On the bottom right are corner stairs leading to the upper levels of the church. Some pencil additions including a coffin in a vault to the left of the door leading to the rear staircase
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
Design for a new Church to be erected in the Parish of St. Matthew. Bethnal Green. / No. 3/0 (8?) / Plan shewing the Vaults &c”.. (Design No.2 These vaults to be omitted) / Steps to Vaults. / Door. and some measurements
Signed and dated
- 8 October 1825
Octr. 8. 1825. Probably added later when Soane argued the vaults could be omitted to bring down the cost
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and pink wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (752 x 547)
Hand
Probably Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1823
Literature
John, 2003, pp. 65 fig. 67, 66-7
Level
Drawing
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