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[12] Revised final scheme under Thomas Ripley, 1729-58
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Revised final scheme under Thomas Ripley, 1729-58
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[12] Revised final scheme under Thomas Ripley, 1729-58
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- 1735
Main Year - 1729-58
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Ripley was appointed after the death of Colen Campbell in September 1729. He successfully completed the hospital but to a revised design, in which the plan and elevations of the east wing of Queen Mary's Court were greatly simplified. The construction of Queen Mary's Court was made possible by an Act of Parliament in 1735 by which the 'Rents and Profits' of the estates of the Earl of Derwentwater were forfeit, to be applied towards finishing the Hospital. Many drawings in the Greenwich Hospital Album appear to be connected with decisions taken in 1735 about the final plan of Queen Mary's Court, and the form intended for walled garden areas behind each of the four courts and for a complete walled enclosure to the site within a rectangular plot roughly equivalent in size to that drawn on the block plan of c.1728, [11/2] (109/6). Hawksmoor's concern with establishing a symmetrical layout framed by Back Lane on the east and an 'Esplanade' on the west (equal in distance from the west Courts as Back Lane from the east Courts) continued to dictate the planning of the ideal layout for the completion of the hospital.
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Contents of [12] Revised final scheme under Thomas Ripley, 1729-58
- [12/1] Outline site plan and block plan, c.1729-35, of a proposal for additional accommodation ranges at the backs of the four main hospital blocks and to the south of the Romney Road, and for the realignment of the roads around the Greenwich Hospital site
- [12/2] Presentation design of the complete north elevation of Greenwich Hospital, c.1731, including elevation of the Queen's House with a modified front facade and a proposed new lodge at the east end of the north front
- [12/3] Record drawing of the north elevation of King Charles II Building and Base Wing, illustrating a design for a large sculptural group over the central link bay, c.1731
- [12/4] Block plan and site plan of Greenwich Hospital and the north side of Greenwich Park, c.1734-35, showing two new ranges behind the King William and King Charles Courts
- [12/5] General block and site plan of Greenwich Hospital and the north side of Greenwich Park, c.1735, showing a revised scheme for the layout of the courtyards behind the four main ranges
- [12/6] Ground plan of the Hospital showing the parts completed and the parts begun or intended to be built, c.1735, together with the walled enclosure and the immediate surroundings of Greenwich and the Queen's Garden
- [12/7] Copy of a ground plan laid before the House of Commons in March 1735 (1734 Old Style) showing the parts completed and the parts begun or intended to be built, together with the walled enclosure and the immediate surroundings of the river, Greenwich and the Queen's Garden
- [12/8] Part-plan showing the design for the completion of Queen Mary's Court and the addition of a perimeter wall and walled gardens behind the main courts, c.1735
- [12/9] Manuscript estimate of costs of works to the Hospital by Thomas Ripley, datable March 1735, with nineteenth-century pencil annotations, possibly by C.H. Tatham
- [12/10] Study for the Chapel at main-floor level, c.1735, including the colonnade on the west and the north end of the east range of Queen's Mary's Court at the east end
- [12/11] Study for the elevation and section of the east internal wall of the Chapel at basement and principal floor levels and for the plan of the west internal wall at both levels, c.1735.
- [12/12] Preparatory design for the detailing of the main floor and clerestory windows of the south elevation of the Chapel
- [12/13] Working or construction design for the main floor and upper windows, and for the balustrading on the north side of the Chapel
- [12/14] Finished design for a new entrance to a temporary infirmary in the basement of the hall range, c.1735
- [12/15] Survey drawing of the basement floor of King William's Court, showing the accommodation layout
- [12/16] Record drawing of the basement storey of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, to illustrate the accommodation and room distribution, c.1735
- [12/17] Survey drawing of the ground floor of King William's Court, showing the accommodation layout
- [12/18] Record of the ground floor of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, to illustrate the accommodation and room distribution
- [12/19] Record drawing of the mezzanine floor of King William's Court, showing the accommodation layout
- [12/20] Plan of the mezzanine floor of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, illustrating the accommodation and room distribution
- [12/21] Survey drawing of the attic floor of King William's Court, showing the accommodation layout, and with schedule of accommodation in whole court.
- [12/22] Plan of the attic floor of the completed design of Queen Mary's Court, illustrating the accommodation and room distribution, with schedule of the accommodation in the whole Court
- [12/23] Plan of completed design for attic storey of Queen Mary's Court, showing the accommodation and room distribution, with partitioning and cubicles.
- [12/24] Record drawing of the west elevation of King William's Court, with amendments to some of its features and details, suggesting an intention to improve the original design
- [12/25] Record drawing of completed design for east elevation of Queen Mary's Court, probably intended for engraving
- [12/26] Record drawing of completed design for the west side of the east range of Queen Mary's Court
- [12/27] Record of completed design for the west side of the eastern (colonnade) range of King William's Court
- [12/28] Record of completed design for east elevation of west side of Queen Mary's Court, probably prepared for engraving
- [12/29] Record drawing of the completed elevation of the east side of the west range of King William's Court
- [12/30] Record drawing of completed design for the north elevation of the south range of King William's Court, including a blank section through the link block between the south range and the central block on the west side, and omitting the colonnade on the east side.
- [12/31] Elevation of the completed design for the courtyard elevation of the south range of Queen Mary's Court, omitting the colonnade on the west side