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[38] Design for the iron work supporting the roof, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
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Reference number
SM 54/6/27
Purpose
[38] Design for the iron work supporting the roof, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
Aspect
Plan, elevation and section of the iron work supporting the roof, with red centring lines. Iron posts run from the top of the Doric column through the bressumer, and iron work curves to mirror the arch and is clamped to the bressumer above. Two oak braces emanate from the neck of a post and attach into the bressumer for added strength. Iron rods are also shown connecting gallery and roof beams, and the section shows rods arranged horizontally to connect pieces of oak together. At the bottom is a plan of an iron post going through soft and hard wood of the roof, and connected by metal rods and plates
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Newington Church / No.23 / (copied 26th Augst. 1823) Ironwork supporting the Roof / Cast Iron [.....] of Stand / Plate over cap / Cap / Circular wrought Iron Bar / Elevation of Cast Iron Standard with Oak Braces / Elevation of Cast Iron Standard / Profile / Section thro' the Centre of Arch / Finished Plaster Profile / Oak Brace / Bressumer / Gallery Roof Beam / Raising Plate / Centre Roof Beam and some additional measurements in pencil
Signed and dated
- January 1823
Lincoln's Inn Fields / Jany. 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, red pen, washes of blue, violet, dark yellow and yellow, pricked for transfer on wove paper (742 x 523)
Hand
Possibly Mee, Arthur Patrick (1802--1868), draughtsman
In the Soane Office Day Books only Arthur Mee is recorded as working on Sections for the church in January 1823, and certain letter forms such as the upper case -N and lower case -s conform to those used by Mee
In the Soane Office Day Books only Arthur Mee is recorded as working on Sections for the church in January 1823, and certain letter forms such as the upper case -N and lower case -s conform to those used by Mee
Notes
The arrangement, and composition of the drawing are remarkably similar to SM 54/4/18 for Holy Trinity Church Marylebone, and the drawing would virtually be replicated for St Johns, Bethnal Green (SM 47/5/21). Soane was using the same basic designs for specific elements on both churches, even if the hand producing them is different.
The use of iron pillars supports the timber for the roof, and also the arches forming the arcade at gallery level. Dean observed the use of iron in this situation as enabling the plaster covering to appear 'almost as thin as a paper chain'. Dean also noted this feature enabled Soane to make the arches as thin as the metal support would allow, and push the nave ceiling as high as it could go to maximise light.
The use of iron pillars supports the timber for the roof, and also the arches forming the arcade at gallery level. Dean observed the use of iron in this situation as enabling the plaster covering to appear 'almost as thin as a paper chain'. Dean also noted this feature enabled Soane to make the arches as thin as the metal support would allow, and push the nave ceiling as high as it could go to maximise light.
Literature
Dean, 2006, p. 89
Port, 2006, p. 145 fig. 103
Port, 2006, p. 145 fig. 103
Level
Drawing
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