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Church of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London, 1765
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Reference number
SM volume 19/19
Purpose
Church of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London, 1765
Aspect
[3] Elevation of the south Front
Scale
A Scale of feet (1/7 in to 1 ft)
Inscribed
Inscribed: as above
Signed: This Elevation was produc'd by George / Dance Junr / at a meeting of the Trustees for Rebuilding the / Parish Church of Allhallows on the Wall / London the 8th day of May 1765 and / approv'd by the Trustees then present / Richd Muilman / Chairman and 23rd May 1765 / Exhibited to me James Taylor
Dated: 8th Day of May 1765 (as above) and 23rd May 1765
Signed and dated
- 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded within double ruled border on laid paper (455 x 670)
Hand
Dance, George Dance the Elder
Watermark
fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and VDL below and IV
Notes
On the hand, see note to [SM volume 19/18].
This shows a west tower of three stages plus cupola with a pedimented entrance approached by six steps. The exterior has a giant arcade of four bays with semicircular arches and plain pilasters. The western bay, wider and slightly stepped back, has a blind recessed arch, the other three bays Diocletian windows (changed to lunettes when built) at clerestory level set within blind arches. The raised door set in the easternmost bay and approached by a small double stair, was not carried out since the City Lands Committee in July 1765, decided on a footpath along the south side of the church.
The dates of the drawings refer to the second meeting between the contending architects and the vestry when Dance was appointed (8 May 1765) and when the vestry accepted the bid by Taylor for £2,941 (23 May 1765).
Two contract drawings at the Guildhall Library (Manuscripts Department, MS 11/976/31769 bundle) relate to [SM volume 19/18] and [SM volume 9/19]. A plan shows for example, a semicircular vestry on the north side of the church that is washed in pink to indicate that it was to be retained. This was built on the foundations of a Roman bastian; these were found to be unstable in April 1766 and Dance designed a new vestry. A section includes details of the decoration of the ceiling, the internal frieze and internal Ionic columns. The drawings are signed and dated in the same way as [SM volume 19/18] and [SM volume 19/19] and additionally 'This Plan [Section] was left with the Examiner at the time of my / examination in the Cause of Muilman against the Rector / Churchwardens Parishioners & Inhabitants of the Parish / of Allhallows on the Wall London and is the same that is / refer'd to & mentioned in my Deposition witness my hand / this 26th Day of Jany 1769 Geo:Dance / Same Day this Plan [Section] was left with me by Mr Dance / Robt Dargnau'.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.17b.
This shows a west tower of three stages plus cupola with a pedimented entrance approached by six steps. The exterior has a giant arcade of four bays with semicircular arches and plain pilasters. The western bay, wider and slightly stepped back, has a blind recessed arch, the other three bays Diocletian windows (changed to lunettes when built) at clerestory level set within blind arches. The raised door set in the easternmost bay and approached by a small double stair, was not carried out since the City Lands Committee in July 1765, decided on a footpath along the south side of the church.
The dates of the drawings refer to the second meeting between the contending architects and the vestry when Dance was appointed (8 May 1765) and when the vestry accepted the bid by Taylor for £2,941 (23 May 1765).
Two contract drawings at the Guildhall Library (Manuscripts Department, MS 11/976/31769 bundle) relate to [SM volume 19/18] and [SM volume 9/19]. A plan shows for example, a semicircular vestry on the north side of the church that is washed in pink to indicate that it was to be retained. This was built on the foundations of a Roman bastian; these were found to be unstable in April 1766 and Dance designed a new vestry. A section includes details of the decoration of the ceiling, the internal frieze and internal Ionic columns. The drawings are signed and dated in the same way as [SM volume 19/18] and [SM volume 19/19] and additionally 'This Plan [Section] was left with the Examiner at the time of my / examination in the Cause of Muilman against the Rector / Churchwardens Parishioners & Inhabitants of the Parish / of Allhallows on the Wall London and is the same that is / refer'd to & mentioned in my Deposition witness my hand / this 26th Day of Jany 1769 Geo:Dance / Same Day this Plan [Section] was left with me by Mr Dance / Robt Dargnau'.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.17b.
Level
Drawing
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