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[12/20] Plan of the mezzanine floor of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, illustrating the accommodation and room distribution
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Reference number
SM volume 109/24
Purpose
[12/20] Plan of the mezzanine floor of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, illustrating the accommodation and room distribution
Aspect
Mezzanine floor plan
Scale
Just under 20 feet to 1 inch
Inscribed
In brown ink at top of sheet, Half Story of Queen Mary's Court. / Private men 248; and with numbered scale; and in C19 hand at top and bottom of right edge of sheet, 24.
Signed and dated
- Undated but datable c.1735
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey ink over graphite under-drawing, with grey wash; on laid paper, laid down, with 15 mm reinforcing strip on right edge (top edge of volume); 520 x 370
Hand
Unidentified hand in office of Thomas Ripley
Watermark
Countermark: IV
Notes
The accommodation layout is almost identical to that on the ground floor, or Principal Story, principal floor and demonstrates the efficiency of the revised plan for Queen Mary's Court (see [12/18]). The main east range can accommodate 136 men, and the south range (beyond the corner block), 112 men, making up the 248 total given in the title of the drawing. On the floor above, [12/22], a further 17 cubicles are shown in the narrow corridor-like space above the chapel altar, giving 265, as indicated on the title of that drawing.
The plan shows the bench and box pew accommodation in the galleries of the chapel. The front seats are in enclosed boxes; those behind are in three rows of benches. The steps up to the main chapel floor within the dome space are drawn in straight, presumably a guess at the intended final layout.
The plan shows the bench and box pew accommodation in the galleries of the chapel. The front seats are in enclosed boxes; those behind are in three rows of benches. The steps up to the main chapel floor within the dome space are drawn in straight, presumably a guess at the intended final layout.
Literature
Axel Klausmeier, Thomas Ripley, Architekt: Fallstudie einer Karriere im Royal Office of the King's Works im Zeitalter des Neopalladianismus, Frankfurt am Main, 2000, pp. 113-24 Not in Wren Society
Level
Drawing
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