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[25] Design for the principal (west) front, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
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Reference number
SM 54/6/15
Purpose
[25] Design for the principal (west) front, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
Aspect
Elevation of the west front of a five-bay church. There is a single flight of external steps. The entrance is recessed behind a screen of four Ionic columns with three sets of double doors with stone surround and architraves, the central door being the largest. The entrance is flanked by two arched windows within relieving arches. Above is a frieze ornamented with fret. On the roof level is a stone balustrade, and behind is a rectangular base with a pinecone cap at each end. The tower consists of a square base, a rectangular portion with the architrave supported by Corinthian pilasters, and above are pinecone caps at each end. On the front of the tower there is a shuttered louvre with a clock face above. Above, there is a cylindrical tower supported by engaged Corinthian columns, a lancet window, and further caps around the top. Finally, there is a dome surmounted by a weather vane
Scale
pricked bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Newington Church. / No.5 / Elevation of the West Front
Signed and dated
- January 1823
January 1823 - June 1823
Copy June 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of yellow and blue, pricked for transfer on wove paper (730 x 523)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
When compared with the 1822 scheme for the principal front (SM 54/6/7), there have been some modifications to this design: the end-bay windows now lack a transom and recessed panel, and are unlatticed, the three windows above the entrance doors have been replaced with a recessed panel, the caps along the roofline have disappeared, the stone balustrade is replaced with one consisting of sets of balusters, and a wide base to the tower has been added with caps and pinecone finials on the corner. The position of the shuttered louvre and clock have been reversed, the Corinthian pilasters are all unfluted and the balustrade with turned balusters is now a flat architrave with Soane caps at each corner, and further caps have been added around the architrave at the base of the dome. The weather vane has been enlarged and can be seen as a detail in 1824 in the design (SM 54/6/40). The high pitched-roof has also disappeared, and the side elevation (SM 54/6/16) reveals it has been changed to a flat roof abutting the base of the tower.
Overall, despite small additions, including a large extension of the base of the tower, it is mostly an elevation showing deductions from the 1822 scheme, which fits those Soane carried out for the 1823 scheme at the behest of the Commissioners.
Overall, despite small additions, including a large extension of the base of the tower, it is mostly an elevation showing deductions from the 1822 scheme, which fits those Soane carried out for the 1823 scheme at the behest of the Commissioners.
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