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Designs for the vault, St John's, Bethnal Green, London, 1825-6 [5]
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Designs for the vault, St John's, Bethnal Green, London, 1825-6 [5]
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The vault designs largely follow those Soane produced for St Peter's Walworth (SM 54/6/12), and Holy Trinity, Marylebone (SM 54/4/1). The vaults are accessed by internal staircases in the front end bays, and an external staircase from the rear allowed burials to be brought in from outside (see SM 47/5/9, SM 47/5/12). St Peter's used two staircases on each side, and at Holy Trinity, a winch mechanism was devised as space was limited (SM 54/4/29). The first drawing in the scheme for St John's even has a pencil outline of a coffin within one of the niches by the rear entrance (SM 47/5/56).
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Contents of Designs for the vault, St John's, Bethnal Green, London, 1825-6 [5]
- [22] Design for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 8 October 1825
- [23] Design for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 26 June 1826
- [24] Designs for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, July 10 1826
- [25] Design for a vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, 15 July 1826
- [26] Designs for the vault at St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, June-July 1826