[4] Finished drawing for the gallery, St Peter's, Walworth, London, September 1822

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  - London: St Peter's, Walworth, designs for construction and interiors, 1822-25 (66)
    - Designs and finished drawings for the 1822 scheme, St Peter's, Walworth, London, 1822 (8)

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Reference number

SM 54/6/6

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for the gallery, St Peter's, Walworth, London, September 1822

Aspect

Plan of the gallery of the church, being five by nine bays. On the principal front, the central three bays are recessed behind four free-standing columns, and flanked by single-bay towers containing staircases. Internally, the area for the organ is between the front towers on the gallery level and it also contains pews. The central axis of the nave beneath is left bare

Scale

bar scale of 1²/₅ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

N^o 2 / The Plan of the Galleries &c. / of Newington Church / Organ

Signed and dated

September 1822
John Soane Arch / Sep. 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, and yellow wash within a sextuple ruled border on wove paper (580 x 460)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Drawing annotated by Soane
Possibly Mocatta, David Alfred (1806--1882), draughtsman
The Office Day Books for 2nd September 1822 mentions Mocatta as working on drawings for plans of the 'proposed' church, the only mention of any plans for any church in this month

Watermark

WEATHERLEY&LANE / 1818

Notes

This is the first plan for the gallery level.

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