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[27] Design for the south front, St Peter's, Walworth, London, June 1823
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Reference number
SM 54/6/16
Purpose
[27] Design for the south front, St Peter's, Walworth, London, June 1823
Aspect
Elevation of the nine-bay south front of the church. The basement level contains half-height windows, with transomed windows within relieving arches in the register above. The second and eighth bays are recessed. The first and ninth bays have a frieze of fret. Above there is a tower which consists of a square base with pinecone caps on pedestals at each corner, a rectangular portion with shuttered louvre beneath a clock face, and supported by Corinthian pilasters with pinecone caps at each end. Above is a cylindrical portion supported by engaged Corinthian columns, and with a lancet window between. Above is a small dome. The pitched roof runs from the second to the eight bays and abuts the tower. Some emendations are given in pencil to the first bay window
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Newington Church / (Copy June 1823) and some measurements are given
Signed and dated
- June 1823
Lincolns Inn Fields. / Copy June 1823.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash, and coloured washes of stone and blue, pricked for transfer on wove paper (735 x 533)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
Pencil
Notes
As with SM 54/6/15, this side elevation from 1823 can also be compared with its counterpart from the previous year (SM 54/6/7). The first and last bay windows are reduced in size, the fret is now limited to the first and last bays, the caps on the roofline above the first and last bays have been removed, and the roof is now low and flat, and abutting the tower. The deductions follow the 1822 scheme being over-budget, and these are part of an attempt by Soane to save £2,000.
Literature
John, 2003, pp. 52, 55 fig. 45
Level
Drawing
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