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[3] Presentation drawing showing a preliminary alternative design for alterations to the chapel, 26 April 1788
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Reference number
SM 47/2/53
Purpose
[3] Presentation drawing showing a preliminary alternative design for alterations to the chapel, 26 April 1788
Aspect
Plan with laid out elevations of design No 2
Scale
bar scale of 1/11 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble Lord Arundell, Design for the alteration of the Chapel, The Chapel / at / Wardour Castle, Tribune (twice)
Signed and dated
- 26 April 1788
Welbeck Street April 26: 1788
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and grey, blue and black washes within double-ruled and wash border on laid paper with one fold mark (585 x 470)
Hand
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)
Watermark
J Whatman and fleur-de-lis over cartouche with ornate W below
Notes
Soane visited the chapel in early April and the office worked on drawings for the building from 12 to 26 April. This drawing and SM 47/2/52, dated 26 April, appear to be the culmination of these preliminary designs and the finished manner of these drawings indicates that they were probably shown to the client.
The chapel has a nave measuring approximately 44 by 30 feet, with semicircular ends each on a radius of 14 feet 5 1/4 inches. An enriched entablature surrounds the nave. The apsidal west end (ritually west) has an organ gallery supported on four Ionic columns. Corinthian columns on a larger radius are attached at four corners of the nave and the walls are articulated by giant fluted Corinthian pilasters. The elaborate ceiling has delicate classical stucco work and is punctured at regular intervals by semicircular clerestory windows.
This design (No 2) has alterations in grey wash. Soane proposes adding curving 'tribunes' to the east end (ritually east) of the chapel, thus expanding the radius of the external wall. Ionic columns support galleries overhead, both displaying the same iron balustrade motif as SM 47/2/52.
Soane's design shows a minimal intervention within the existing building, adapting to the chapel's orders, ornament, and rhythm of its plan.
The chapel has a nave measuring approximately 44 by 30 feet, with semicircular ends each on a radius of 14 feet 5 1/4 inches. An enriched entablature surrounds the nave. The apsidal west end (ritually west) has an organ gallery supported on four Ionic columns. Corinthian columns on a larger radius are attached at four corners of the nave and the walls are articulated by giant fluted Corinthian pilasters. The elaborate ceiling has delicate classical stucco work and is punctured at regular intervals by semicircular clerestory windows.
This design (No 2) has alterations in grey wash. Soane proposes adding curving 'tribunes' to the east end (ritually east) of the chapel, thus expanding the radius of the external wall. Ionic columns support galleries overhead, both displaying the same iron balustrade motif as SM 47/2/52.
Soane's design shows a minimal intervention within the existing building, adapting to the chapel's orders, ornament, and rhythm of its plan.
Level
Drawing
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